Nigohi is a town in Tilhar Tehsil, Shahjahanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated on the northern part of Shahjahanpur District, about 25 kilometres north of the district capital Shahjahanpur, and 20 kilometres northeast of the tehsil capital Tilhar. In the year 2011, the town has a population of 18,523.[1]
Nigohi | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Nigohi  Nigohi | |
| Coordinates: 28°06′07″N 79°52′14″E / 28.10194°N 79.87056°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Shahjahanpur |
| Tehsil | Tilhar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sarpanch |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.12 km2 (1.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 18,523 |
| • Density | 4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 242407 |
Name
editAccording to Paul Whalley, the name Nigohī represents a contracted form of nyagrodha, a nickname for the banyan tree.[2]: 39
Geography
editNigohi is located on the southern bank of Kaimua River. It is bounded by the village of Patrajpur to the north, the village of Kaveerpur Sotupur to the east, the village of Mishripur to the south, and the village of Paidapur to the west. Its average elevation is 160 metres above the sea level.[3]
Climate
editAccording to the Köppen Climate Classification, Nigohi has a Humid Subtropical Climate. Its wettest month is July, with 309 mm of average rainfall; and the driest month is November, with 3 mm of average rainfall.
| Climate data for Nigohi | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) |
24 (75) |
30.2 (86.4) |
36.5 (97.7) |
38.1 (100.6) |
36.4 (97.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31 (88) |
30.4 (86.7) |
27 (81) |
22.3 (72.1) |
30.0 (85.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
23 (73) |
29.1 (84.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.6 (88.9) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28 (82) |
27.2 (81.0) |
24.7 (76.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
19 (66) |
14.1 (57.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
18.9 (65.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 25 (1.0) |
37 (1.5) |
21 (0.8) |
16 (0.6) |
20 (0.8) |
129 (5.1) |
309 (12.2) |
269 (10.6) |
152 (6.0) |
22 (0.9) |
3 (0.1) |
13 (0.5) |
1,016 (40.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
editAs of 2011, Nigohi has a total of 3,194 households. Out of the 18,523 residents, 9,767 are male and 8,756 are female. Its literacy rate is 52.28%, with 5,847 of the male population and 3,836 of the female population being literate. The town's census location code is 133945.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Basic Population Figures of India, States, Districts, Sub-District and Village, 2011". censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ Whalley, Paul (1926). "Place-Names in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, Chapter III, Part 1". The Journal of the United Provinces Historical Society. 3 (2): 1–60. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ "Nigohi topographic map, elevation, terrain". Topographic maps. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Nigohi climate: Temperature Nigohi & Weather By Month - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.