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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Shahganj
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| subdivision_name2       = [[Jaunpur district|Jaunpur]]
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| named_for               = Shah baba
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| leader_title            = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name             = [[Shri Ramesh Singh]]
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| elevation_m             = 303
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| postal_code             = 223101
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'''Shahganj''' is a town and a [[municipal board]] in [[Jaunpur district]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].
==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Shahganj had a total population of 26,556, of which 13,812 were males and	12,744 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,534. The total number of literates in Shahganj was 19,686	, which constituted 74.1% of the population with male literacy of 78.1% and female literacy of 69.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Shahganj was 85.5%, of which male literacy rate was 90.0% and female literacy rate was 80.6%. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] population was 9,584 and 2 respectively. Shahganj had 3936 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Shahganj |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=227955 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Shahganj had a population of 24,595. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Shahganj has an average literacy rate of 59%, Lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 57%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns  (Provisional)|accessdate=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref>
Shahganj is famous for its ''Sita Sringar Mela'' which is a [[Bangle]] [[fair]]. Traders from different regions of the [[Purvanchal]] come for business in this fair.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur-muslim-women-comes-in-historical-sita-mela-in-jaunpur-upns-1572876.html|title=यूपी के इस जिले में लगता है 'सीता श्रृंगार' मेला, मुस्लिम महिलाएं भी होती है शामिल– News18 हिंदी|date=4 November 2018|work=News18|access-date=30 April 2019 |language=hi}}</ref>
==Economy==
Ratna Sugar Mill, the first sugar mill of the Purvanchal region was located in Shahganj, which is closed now (due to recurring losses).<ref>{{cite news |title=इतिहास बनी चीनी मिल को नजर-ए-इनायत की दरकार |url=https://jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur-historymade-sugar-mill-needs-eyesighting-17924418.html |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=Dainik Jagran |date=7 May 2018 |language=hi}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Pattinarendrapur]]
*[[Shahganj Junction Railway Station]]
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==References==
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{{Jaunpur district}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in Jaunpur district]]