Jaipuria School

Shikohabad is a city and a municipal board in the Firozabad district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Bateshwar, a famous Hindu pilgrimage centre dedicated to Shiva, and also a famous Jain ‘Tirth’ on the banks of River Yamuna, is situated 22 kilometres south of Shikohabad. The old name of Shikohabad was Mohammad Mah (the name still exists as Mohmmad mah near Tahsil and Kotwali). Shikohabad is named after Dara Shikoh, the eldest brother of Emperor Aurangzeb. In its present form, the town has hardly any recognisable evidence of that era, Shikohabad is well connected with other cities by roadways as well as railways. This city is connected with cities like Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, New Delhi, Noida, Etawah, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, and Kolkata by National Highway 19 (formerly known as NH-2) and it also connected through Agra Lucknow Expressway connecting Agra, Lucknow, Kanpur Mainpuri, and Etawah. It is 10 km from district Headquarter. Distance of this place from New Delhi is 257km and from Agra is 61km. Shikohabad Railway Station is located on Delhi Mugal sarai main line of North Central Railway having direct connection to Delhi, Kolkata ,Mumbai, Agra, Etawah, Kanpur, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mainpuri and Farrukhabad.