Bangarmau
Bangarmau
Bangermau | |
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 Map of Bangarmau CD block | |
  Bangarmau Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 26°54′N 80°13′E / 26.9°N 80.22°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Unnao |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.5 km2 (7.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 122 m (400 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 44,204 |
| • Density | 2,390/km2 (6,190/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Spoken | Kannauji Khadi Boli English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UP-35 |
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
[edit]Bangarmau was the first Hindu 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 Hindu holy man named Rekkha Bangar 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 Bangar 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
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 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[1] | ||
Education
[edit]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
[edit]Bangarmau CD block has the following 82 villages:[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 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.
- ↑ Sharda, Shailvee (23 February 2009). "2000-yr-old Shiva shrine found". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 December 2019.