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Nagar palika parishad in Uttar Pradesh, India
Bangarmau is a tehsil and a municipal board in Unnao district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] It is located on high ground overlooking the left bank of the Kalyani river,[2] about 50 km northwest of Unnao and 22 km northwest of Safipur.[1] Roads fan out in all directions from Bangarmau, including the main Unnao-Hardoi road SH38 that passes through town.[2] Major commodities produced here include wheat flour, rice, and pulses.[1] As of 2011, the population of Bangarmau is 44,204, in 7,600 households.[1]
Near Bangarmau is Sanchan Kot, where in 2009, an Archaeological Survey of India excavation unearthed a 2000-year-old Shiva temple.[3]
History
Bangarmau was the first Muslim settlement in the area of present-day Unnao district, dating back to around the year 1300.[2] According to legend, the town was founded when a Muslim holy man named Sayyid Ala-ud-Din attempted to take up residence near the town of Nawal, which was ruled by a Hindu raja named Nal.[2] The raja refused and sent men to expel him by force, but Ala-ud-Din laid a curse on them so that the raja and all his people died, and the town of Nawal was turned upside-down.[2] The modern village of Nawal is built on top of its ruins, and old artifacts are still sometimes dug up.[2]
Sayyid Ala-ud-Din then went on to found the city of Bangarmau, which is where he was buried after he died.[2] A shrine was built over his grave, and it has an inscription dated to 702 AH, or 1302 CE.[2] Ala-ud-Din's descendants remain custodians of the shrine, which at one point was "rich and famous" before declining by the turn of the 20th century.[2]
Despite Bangarmau's Muslim origin and prominent shrine, though, it never became thoroughly Islamised, and the population remains mostly Hindu.[2]
Bangarmau is referred to in the Baburnama, the autobiography of Babur, where Babur mentions that he camped near a lake situated in Bangarmau on 15 March 1528 and the following day left for Lucknow. Bangarmau belongs to the area under influence of a Sufi saint Madar Shah of the Madaria sect. Several villages named are after him situated around Bangarmau.
Bangarmau's population steadily declined during the second half of the 19th century.[2]
At the turn of the 20th century, Bangarmau was described as a well-built town almost surrounded by extensive orchards; about half the houses were built with brick.[2] It had 16 mosques and several Hindu temples, as well as a police station and a middle school with 120 students.[2] The town held markets twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Saturdays; its commerce was helped by its advantageous location at a crossroads.[2]
Demographics
Historical population| Year | | |
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| 1901 | 6,051 | — |
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| 1911 | 5,783 | −4.4% |
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| 1921 | 4,919 | −14.9% |
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| 1931 | 5,090 | +3.5% |
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| 1941 | 5,921 | +16.3% |
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| 1951 | 5,483 | −7.4% |
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| 1961 | Not given | — |
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| 1971 | Not given | — |
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| 1981 | 14,958 | — |
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| 1991 | 20,023 | +33.9% |
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| 2001 | 31,871 | +59.2% |
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| 2011 | 44,204 | +38.7% |
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| Source: 2011 Census of India[1] |
Education
Schools and colleges:
- Indira Gandhi Rajkeeya Degree College
- Subhash Inter College
- St.Aloysius School Alampur Retwa, Bangarmau, Unnao.
- Rani Vidya Mandir School Bangarmau Unnao
- Bal Vidya Mandir School, Near Maa Hospital, Bangarmau Unnao
- Maya International School, Near Tehsil
- Pratima Inter College Bangarmau Unnao
- R.S. Inter College
- P.J.P Higher Secondary School (kasba tola Bangarmau Unnao)
- Shri Ram Public School for kids
- R.D.S Inter College New Katra
- Shri Durgeshvar Vidya Mandir
- Madrasa Ahle Sunnat Gousul Uloom Mukariyana
- K.D.S. Public School Bhatpuri
- New National Public School Purviya tola Bangarmau
- B.D.S.R. Inter College Radheshyam Nagar Kanpur Hardoi Bypass near Power House Bangarmau
- Indira Gandhi Government PG College
- Gautam Buddha Mahavidyalay (College), Ismailpur, Ambapara, Bangarmau
Villages
Bangarmau CD block has the following 82 villages:[1]
| Village name
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Total land area (hectares)
|
Population (in 2011)
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| Mella Allm Saha Ahatmali |
499.5 |
1,048
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| Mela Allm Saha Gair Ahatmali |
205.4 |
2,214
|
| Jagat Nagar Gair Ahatmali |
104.6 |
880
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| Jagat Nagar Ahat Mali |
78.7 |
1,199
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| Khairoodeen Pur |
287.4 |
2,144
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| Katri Mahigawa |
304.8 |
0
|
| Katri Gaori |
19.8 |
0
|
| Katri Mohiuddeen Pur |
21.6 |
0
|
| Katri Akberpur Seng |
841 |
1,936
|
| Katri Gadanpur Ahar |
627 |
1,588
|
| Bahalolpur Kaher |
148.8 |
0
|
| Setuwahi |
105.6 |
770
|
| Sindhpur Beria Garha |
350.6 |
3,081
|
| Shahabajpur |
145.3 |
888
|
| Fareedpur Khar |
413 |
1,542
|
| Purahash |
133.8 |
531
|
| Tatia Pur |
180.3 |
1,222
|
| Sahasaray |
159.7 |
972
|
| Golhawa Pur |
150.7 |
1,194
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| Chhatra Pur |
251 |
1,567
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| Hasanpur Sagaora |
95.5 |
991
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| Saepur Sagaora |
296.1 |
2,215
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| Khoajgipur Hemma |
122.5 |
599
|
| Jamuniha Bahger |
223 |
1,568
|
| Madarnagar |
357.6 |
4,582
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| Jirik Pur |
483 |
3,133
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| Bhikhari Pur Kasba |
348.3 |
2,051
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| Jagtapur |
341.9 |
1,340
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| Murtaza Pur |
243.1 |
2,230
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| Haibatpur |
268 |
1,382
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| Naseerpur Bhikkhan |
210.2 |
1,213
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| Newal |
394.3 |
2,389
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| Rabdi |
229.4 |
1,371
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| Lateefpur |
535.7 |
2,458
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| Bagermao Rural |
656.8 |
1,239
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| Chakmeerapur |
81.4 |
564
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| Bhagwantpur Gote Pali |
309 |
4,870
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| Nagwa |
155.3 |
254
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| Umaria Bhagwantpur |
164 |
404
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| Parasram Pur Ahatmali |
88.6 |
0
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| Parasram Pur Gair Ahatmali |
238.6 |
2,492
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| Jamar |
438.7 |
1,690
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| Kamal Pur |
229.2 |
1,372
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| Marha Pur |
407.3 |
3,219
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| Chahlha |
213.9 |
1,981
|
| Malha Pur |
250.7 |
1,556
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| Sakraoli |
461.8 |
2,684
|
| Palia |
225.2 |
1,619
|
| Chakpeer Nagar |
65.7 |
1,166
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| Goara |
51.7 |
733
|
| Surseni |
305.8 |
4,597
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| Mau |
134.8 |
1,785
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| Allampur Retwa |
150.8 |
813
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| Kesavepur |
111.4 |
745
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| Bhikhari Pur Rural |
176.3 |
2,156
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| Asat Mohioddeen Pur |
298.4 |
2,675
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| Gaoria Khurd |
43.3 |
297
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| Heera Pur |
311.6 |
998
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| Bhariha Pur |
90 |
2,302
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| Nevla Pur |
334.5 |
1,866
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| Mustafabad |
644.4 |
2,477
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| Hariapur |
347.2 |
3,537
|
| Aterdhani |
391.4 |
4,769
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| Dandia Sunaora |
543.5 |
1,657
|
| Gondari |
399.4 |
1,814
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| Utman Pur |
236.4 |
982
|
| Ganni Pur |
203.8 |
805
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| Argu Pur |
605.5 |
3,816
|
| Tamoria Bujurg |
281.5 |
1,798
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| Tamoria Khurd |
217.2 |
1,119
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| Shadi Pur |
1,069.3 |
7,390
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| Guljar Pur |
359.5 |
3,835
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| Nawabad Garant |
220.7 |
1,159
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| Gaoria Kalan |
1,152.9 |
6,902
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| Sher Pur Kalan |
481.2 |
2,935
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| Sikander Pur |
113.4 |
502
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| Asrfabad |
106.6 |
646
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| Dholwa |
152.3 |
943
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| Pindna |
242.4 |
1,601
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| Sadabad |
239.1 |
1,368
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| Kanhao |
172.2 |
1,235
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| Kursath Rural |
1,914.5 |
13,484
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