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Bangarmau

Bangarmau is a tehsil and a municipal board in Unnao district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located on high ground overlooking the left bank of the Kalyani river, about 50 km northwest of Unnao and 22 km northwest of Safipur. Roads fan out in all directions from Bangarmau, including the main Unnao-Hardoi road SH38 that passes through town. Major commodities produced here include wheat flour, rice, and pulses. As of 2011, the population of Bangarmau is 44,204, in 7,600 households.

Near Bangarmau is Sanchan Kot, where in 2009, an Archaeological Survey of India excavation unearthed a 2000-year-old Shiva temple.

History

Bangarmau was the first Muslim settlement in the area of present-day Unnao district, dating back to around the year 1300. 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. 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. The modern village of Nawal is built on top of its ruins, and old artifacts are still sometimes dug up.

Sayyid Ala-ud-Din then went on to found the city of Bangarmau, which is where he was buried after he died. A shrine was built over his grave, and it has an inscription dated to 702 AH, or 1302 CE. 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.

Despite Bangarmau's Muslim origin and prominent shrine, though, it never became thoroughly Islamised, and the population remains mostly Hindu.

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.

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. It had 16 mosques and several Hindu temples, as well as a police station and a middle school with 120 students. The town held markets twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Saturdays; its commerce was helped by its advantageous location at a crossroads.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1901 6,051—    
1911 5,783−4.4%
1921 4,919−14.9%
1931 5,090+3.5%
1941 5,921+16.3%
1951 5,483−7.4%
1961 Not given—    
1971 Not given—    
1981 14,958—    
1991 20,023+33.9%
2001 31,871+59.2%
2011 44,204+38.7%
Source: 2011 Census of India

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:

Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011)
Mella Allm Saha Ahatmali 499.5 1,048
Mela Allm Saha Gair Ahatmali 205.4 2,214
Jagat Nagar Gair Ahatmali 104.6 880
Jagat Nagar Ahat Mali 78.7 1,199
Khairoodeen Pur 287.4 2,144
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
Chhatra Pur 251 1,567
Hasanpur Sagaora 95.5 991
Saepur Sagaora 296.1 2,215
Khoajgipur Hemma 122.5 599
Jamuniha Bahger 223 1,568
Madarnagar 357.6 4,582
Jirik Pur 483 3,133
Bhikhari Pur Kasba 348.3 2,051
Jagtapur 341.9 1,340
Murtaza Pur 243.1 2,230
Haibatpur 268 1,382
Naseerpur Bhikkhan 210.2 1,213
Newal 394.3 2,389
Rabdi 229.4 1,371
Lateefpur 535.7 2,458
Bagermao Rural 656.8 1,239
Chakmeerapur 81.4 564
Bhagwantpur Gote Pali 309 4,870
Nagwa 155.3 254
Umaria Bhagwantpur 164 404
Parasram Pur Ahatmali 88.6 0
Parasram Pur Gair Ahatmali 238.6 2,492
Jamar 438.7 1,690
Kamal Pur 229.2 1,372
Marha Pur 407.3 3,219
Chahlha 213.9 1,981
Malha Pur 250.7 1,556
Sakraoli 461.8 2,684
Palia 225.2 1,619
Chakpeer Nagar 65.7 1,166
Goara 51.7 733
Surseni 305.8 4,597
Mau 134.8 1,785
Allampur Retwa 150.8 813
Kesavepur 111.4 745
Bhikhari Pur Rural 176.3 2,156
Asat Mohioddeen Pur 298.4 2,675
Gaoria Khurd 43.3 297
Heera Pur 311.6 998
Bhariha Pur 90 2,302
Nevla Pur 334.5 1,866
Mustafabad 644.4 2,477
Hariapur 347.2 3,537
Aterdhani 391.4 4,769
Dandia Sunaora 543.5 1,657
Gondari 399.4 1,814
Utman Pur 236.4 982
Ganni Pur 203.8 805
Argu Pur 605.5 3,816
Tamoria Bujurg 281.5 1,798
Tamoria Khurd 217.2 1,119
Shadi Pur 1,069.3 7,390
Guljar Pur 359.5 3,835
Nawabad Garant 220.7 1,159
Gaoria Kalan 1,152.9 6,902
Sher Pur Kalan 481.2 2,935
Sikander Pur 113.4 502
Asrfabad 106.6 646
Dholwa 152.3 943
Pindna 242.4 1,601
Sadabad 239.1 1,368
Kanhao 172.2 1,235
Kursath Rural 1,914.5 13,484

References

  1. ^ "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Unnao, Part A (Village and Town Directory)". Census 2011 India. pp. 36–55, 93–109, 525–39. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ^ Nevill, H.R. (1903). Unao: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXVIII Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 156–60. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. ^ Sharda, Shailvee (23 February 2009). "2000-yr-old Shiva shrine found". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 December 2019.