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Jawan Sikandarpur

Jawan Sikandarpur
जवाँ सिकन्दरपुर
Jawan Sikanderpur
village & block
Jawan Sikandarpur is located in Uttar Pradesh
Jawan Sikandarpur
Jawan Sikandarpur
Jawan Sikandarpur is located in India
Jawan Sikandarpur
Jawan Sikandarpur
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 27°57′N 78°10′E / 27.95°N 78.17°E / 27.95; 78.17Coordinates: 27°57′N 78°10′E / 27.95°N 78.17°E / 27.95; 78.17
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Government
 • Body Gram panchayat
Population
 • Total 5,000
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 202126
Telephone code 248
Lok Sabha constituency Aligarh
Vidhan Sabha constituency Baruli

Jawan Sikanderpur is a village, block and nagar panchayat in Aligarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.It also known as Bada Jawan.

The Jawan Zamindari belongs to Gawan(Princely estate) of district Badayun.

Kushwaha Rajput rular Raja Kulan Singh had three sons, Jauhar Singh, Sumer Singh and Tikam Singh. The elder son Jauhar Singh established Jawan Sikandarpur,Sumer Singh established village Sumera Dariyapur while Tikam Singh established village Sunana .

Jawan Sikanderpur is situated on the Aligarh-Moradabad highway (Anoopshahar Road) at a distance of 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Aligarh. It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Qasimpur Power House Colony and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Harduaganj Thermal Power Station. One of the oldest hydroelectric power plants of India, the Sumera Hydroelectric Power Plant is situated at Jawan Sikandarpur.

Jawan Sikandarpur has only one college Chauhan Indravati Inter College located at the Cummunical Health Centre (CHC), Anupshahar Road.



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