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Jhalu

human settlement in India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ2441614 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jhalu is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Jhalu is located at 29.35°N 78.25°E / 29.35; 78.25. It has an average elevation of 225 metres (738 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Jhalu had a population of 18,701. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jhalu has an average literacy rate of 76%, compared to the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 38%. In Jhalu, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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The public source identifies “Jhalu” as human settlement in India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jhalu, human and settlement.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jhalu, human and settlement providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2441614. Authority coordinates are 29.350, 78.250. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jhalu” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.