District Profile · Uttar Pradesh
Jaunpur
- 4,494,204
- Population
- 4,038 km²
- Area
- Varanasi
- Region / Division
Historic capital of the 15th-century Sharqi Sultanate, dubbed the "Shiraz of the East" for its distinctive Indo-Islamic architecture at the Atala and Jama Masjids; today a predominantly agricultural district known for large-scale sweet-pea and vegetable farming.