districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of
Faizabad division
Faizabad division, officially known as Ayodhya division, is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state in India. Ayodhya is the administrative headquarters of the division. The government of Uttar Pradesh approved the renaming ...
(officially ''Ayodhya division''), in the central
Awadh
Awadh (), known in British historical texts as Avadh or Oudh, is a region in the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. It is synonymous with the Kośāla region of ...
region of
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. Barabanki city is the administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. Total area of Barabanki district is 3891.5 Sq. Km.
It has a population of 2,673,581, with a population density of .
Barabanki district is situated between 27°19′ and 26°30′ north latitude, and 80°05′ and 81°51′ east longitude; it runs in a south-easterly direction, confined by the nearly parallel streams of the
Ghaghara
Ghaghara, also called Karnali, is a perennial trans-boundary river originating on the Tibetan Plateau near Lake Manasarovar. The Karnali cuts through the Himalayas in Nepal and joins the Sharda River at Brahmaghat in India. Together they form th ...
and
Gomti
The Gomti, Gumti or Gomati River is a tributary of the Ganges. According to beliefs, the river is the son of Rishi Vashishtha and bathing in the Gomti on Ekadashi (the 11th day of the two lunar phases of the Hindu calendar month) can wash a ...
. The extreme length of the district from east to west may be taken at , and the extreme breadth at ; the total area is about . It borders seven other districts of Uttar Pradesh. With its most northern point it shares borders with the
Sitapur district
Sitapur district is one of the districts which is situated in Uttar Pradesh state of India, with Sitapur town as the district headquarters. Sitapur district is a part of Lucknow division.
History
Sitapur was first constituted as a district ...
, while its north-eastern boundary is defined by the Ghagra, beyond which lie the districts of
Bahraich district
Bahraich district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Bahraich town is the district headquarters. Bahraich District is a part of Devipatan Division.
History
According to some other historians in the middle age this pla ...
and
Gonda district
Gonda district (Hindi: गोण्डा/गोंडा, Urdu: گونڈہ) is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city of Gonda is the district headquarters, and also the administrative centre for the Devipatan Division. The t ...
. Its eastern border is shared with
Faizabad district
Faizabad district, officially Ayodhya district, is one of the 75 districts of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city of Ayodhya, which is believed to be the birth place of Hindu deity Rama, is the administrative headquarters of the district. ...
, and the Gomti forms a natural boundary to the south, dividing it from the
Amethi district
Amethi district is the 72nd district of the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. This district is a part of Faizabad division (officially ''Ayodhya division'') in the Awadh region of the Uttar Pradesh. It covers an area of 2329.11 km ...
. On the west, it adjoins the
Lucknow district
Lucknow district is a district located in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The city of Lucknow is the district headquarters and the district is part of Lucknow Division. It also is the capital of Uttar Pradesh Lucknow is Bounded on ...
.
In 1856, the district came, with the rest of
Oudh State
The Oudh State (, also Kingdom of Awadh, Kingdom of Oudh, or Awadh State) was a princely state in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British in 1856. The name Oudh, now obsolete, was once the anglicized name of ...
, under
British rule
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or Direct rule in India,
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. During the
Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the fo ...
, the whole of the Barabanki talukdars joined the mutineers, but offered no serious resistance following the capture of
Lucknow
Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...
.
Barabanki district stretches out in a level plain interspersed with numerous lakes and marshes. In the upper part of the district the soil is sandy, while in the lower part it is clay and produces finer crops. The district is fed by the rivers
Ghaghra
Ghaghra is a census town in the Ghaghra CD block in the Gumla subdivision of the Gumla district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Ghaghra is located at
Area overview
The map alongside present ...
(forming the northern boundary),
Gomti
The Gomti, Gumti or Gomati River is a tributary of the Ganges. According to beliefs, the river is the son of Rishi Vashishtha and bathing in the Gomti on Ekadashi (the 11th day of the two lunar phases of the Hindu calendar month) can wash a ...
(flowing through the middle of the district), Kalyani and Rait and their tributaries, for the major part of the year. Some rivers dry out in the summer, and become flooded during the rainy season. The changing course of the river Ghagra alters the land area of the district.
The principal crops are rice, wheat, pulse and other food grains and sugarcane. Both of the bordering rivers of Barabanki are navigable. The district is traversed by two lines of the Northern Railway and North-Eastern Railway, with branches having total length of . The district roadways include connections to
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, state highways and various link roads.
Etymology
The area was once known as Jasnaul, from ''Jas'', a Raja of the Bhar tribe, who is said to have founded it before 1000 AD. Following the
Muslim conquest
The early Muslim conquests or early Islamic conquests ( ar, الْفُتُوحَاتُ الإسْلَامِيَّة, ), also referred to as the Arab conquests, were initiated in the 7th century by Muhammad, the main Islamic prophet. He esta ...
, the lands were divided into twelve, with the new owners quarrelling so incessantly that they were called the ''Barah Banke'', or twelve quarrelsome men. ''Banka'', in
Awadhi
Awadhi (; ), also known as Audhi (), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern India and Nepal. It is primarily spoken in the Awadh region of present-day Uttar Pradesh, India. The name ''Awadh'' is connected to Ayodhya, the ancient city, w ...
, means a bully or brave. Others derive the name from ''ban'', meaning wood or jungle, and interpret Barabanki as the twelve shares of jungle.
History
The current Barabanki district was first established by the British upon their annexation of
Oudh State
The Oudh State (, also Kingdom of Awadh, Kingdom of Oudh, or Awadh State) was a princely state in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British in 1856. The name Oudh, now obsolete, was once the anglicized name of ...
in 1856. Originally, the district was known as Daryabad district because its headquarters were at Daryabad, but in 1859 they were relocated to Barabanki. The name "Barabanki" was chosen for the district's official name over " Nawabganj", then the more common name of the town, for two reasons: first, to avoid any possible confusion with other places calleed Nawabganj, and second, because the civil station was technically located outside of Nawabganj in the small revenue village of Barabanki. Previously, under the
Nawabs of Awadh
The Nawab of Awadh or the Nawab of Oudh was the title of the rulers who governed the state of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in north India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to a dynasty of Persian origin from Nishapu ...
, the area that would become Barabanki district was divided between five chaklas: Daryabad-Rudauli, Ramnagar, Dewa-Jahangirabad, Jagdispur, and Haidargarh.
Early history and legends
Barabanki district is mostly within what was the Pachhimrath division of the kingdom of Rama.Parijaat tree is a protected
baobab
''Adansonia'' is a genus made up of eight species of medium-to-large deciduous trees known as baobabs ( or ). They are placed in the Malvaceae family, subfamily Bombacoideae. They are native to Madagascar, mainland Africa, and Australia.Tropic ...
tree in the village of
Kintoor
Kintoor or Kintur is a village in Barabanki district famous for battle of Kintoor of 1858 during the Indian Mutiny.
Battle of Kintoor
The Battle of Kintoor was a conflict between rebel sepoys and troops East India Company and Kapurthala Sta ...
, and is considered sacred to Hindus. Located near the Kunteshwar Mahadeva temple (established by
Kunti
Kunti ( sa, कुन्ती, ), named at birth as Pritha ( sa, पृथा, ), is one of the prominent characters of the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata''. She is best known as the mother of the Pandavas and Karna, the main protagonists of the epi ...
), the tree is said to grow from Kunti's ashes. The tree is very old, though its age has not been scientifically determined.
Before 1000 AD, Jas, a raja of the Bhar tribe, is said to have founded the locality of Jasnaul which later became Barabanki.
Medieval India
Muslim Infiltration was first tried in what is now the district at Satrikh, in 1030 AD (421 AH). The Muslim conquest saw Sihali attacked and its Hindu sovereign killed, ]. Bhar-Pasi chief Raja Sohil Deo (or Sohel Dal) of Sahet-Mahet and Rathor monarch Sri Chandradeo of Kannauj fought a battle in Satrikh village of the district and drove out the Foreign Muslim Army in the Battle of Bahraich.
In 1049 AD (441 AH), the kings of Kanauj and Manikpur were again attacked but the foreigners were defeated and driven away from Oudh State, Oudh. The Muslim invasion was not successful in Bara Banki as elsewhere.
After, Tarain 1192, Moslems again attacked this region and Ayodhya but were not very successful till the reign of Khiljis and Firoz Tuglaq.The foreigners followed a policy of religious persecution and conversions. They also settled many foreigners and gave them fertile tracts in Ramnagar,Daryabad, Zaidpur, Rudauli areas.
From 1350 to about 1750 AD, Muslim immigrants settled in great number in the district. The Muslims first permanently settled in Oudh.
Rudauli was occupied , in the reign of Alla-ud-din Khilji, whose forces had destroyed nearly every remaining seat of Chhattri power. Rasulpur was conquered about 1350 AD. Daryabad was founded about 1444 AD by Dariab Khan Subahdar and his brother Fateh Khan colonized. Fatehpur. The villages of Barauli and Barai, near Rudauli, were occupied and became large estates until about the middle of the fifteenth century.
Simultaneously, however, with this latter immigration of the Muslims, there was one of Chhattris. The mysterious tribe of Kalhans, which numbers some twenty thousand persons, are said to be descended from Achal Singh, who came in as a soldier of fortune with Dariab Khan about 1450 AD. Singh had large properties, with a possible capital at Bado Sarai on the old bank of the Ghagra.
The wars had by then shifted to fighting between Muslim princes, with Hindu soldiers employed. The battleground was the Oudh borderland between Sharqis of Jaunpur (where Ibrahim Shah Shargi reigned) and the Lodis of Delhi. Dariab Khan settled Hindu soldiers as garrisons. Oudh clans, said to have emigrated from Gujarat, included the Kalhans, the Ahban, the Pan war, the Gahlot, the Gaur, and the Bais.
The isolated Suryavanshi estate of Haraha and the Sombanshi Bahrelia estate of Surajpur were established by small colonies of Kshatriya foot-steps soldiers.
Mughal era (1526–1732)
During
Akbar
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...
's reign, the district was divided under the sirkars of Oudh, Lucknow and Manikpur.
Ain-i-Akbari
The ''Ain-i-Akbari'' ( fa, ) or the "Administration of Akbar", is a 16th-century detailed document recording the administration of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar, written by his court historian, Abu'l Fazl in the Persian language. It for ...
mentions the following ''
pargana
Pargana ( bn, পরগনা, , hi, परगना, ur, پرگنہ) or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each ...
s'' (administrative units) during the reign of the Akbar:
Safdar Jang
Abul Mansur Mirza Muhammad Muqim Ali Khan (c. 1708 – 5 October 1754), better known as Safdar Jang, was a major figure at the Mughal court during the declining years of the Mughal Empire. He became the second Nawab of Awadh when he succeeded S ...
, was defeated and killed at the Kali river by the Bangash Afghans of Farukhabad, who then overran the province except a few of the fortified towns. In 1749 AD, Jang with an army of 60,000 men was defeated. The Mughal authority might have been overthrown had the Oudh Chhattris revolted at this time, but they waited until Jang had bribed or beaten the Rohillas out of the country in 1750 AD (1164 AH).
The tribes gathered themselves together under the leadership of Raja Anup Singh of Ramnagar Dhameri, the Janwar of Balrampur, the Bisens of Gonda, and numerous other lords. The forces assembled for an attack on
Lucknow
Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...
, whose troops had gone into Rohilkhand. The Shekhzadas of Lucknow came out to meet the enemy, joined by the Khanziidas of Mahmudabad and Bilahra, who were connected with them by marriage.
The Musalmans, headed by Nawab Muizz-ud-din Khan of Mahmudabad, were victorious in battle at Chheola Ghat on the Kalyani, on the road to Lucknow. The
Balrampur
Balrampur is a city and a municipal board in Balrampur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated on the bank of river Rapti and is the district headquarters of Balrampur district.
Demographics
As of 2011 Indian Census, Ba ...
raja was killed and some 15,000 were killed or wounded on both sides. The Khanzadas then rose to power. The Raikwars were proportionately depressed; the estates of both Baundi and Ramnagar were divided, and but a few villages left with the raja. The process of agglomeration commenced again , on the death of Saadat Ali Khan II. In 1856, the Ramnagar raja had recovered the family estate and added to it, while his brother of Baundi had similarly added 172 villages to his domain.
There were a total forty-three '' taluqa''. The principal chiefs of Bara Banki during the last years of Nawabi were:
* Taluqa of Ramnagar – The large property of 253 villages belonged to Raja Sarabjit Singh. The raja was the head of the Raikwar clan, which immigrated to Oudh from the hill country of Kashmir .
* Taluqa of Haraha – Owned by Raja Narindr Bahadur, the head of the Surajbans Thakurs. He was the son of Raja Chbatarpat Singh, and both were afflicted with mental incapacity. The estate consisted of sixty-six villages and paid a revenue of . Certain members of the Raja's family held the estates of Ranimau Qiampur in a separate ''qubuliat'' in the Nawabi, and thus escaped being placed under the taluqdar's sanad.
* Taluqa of Surajpur – This estate comprised fifty-six villages. The proprietor was Udatt Partab Singh, the head of Bahrelia. He was mentally and physically unfit to manage his estate, but so long as his maternal grandfather, Udatt Narain, lived there was no fear of under-proprietors, tenants or patwaris defrauding the family.
* Taluqa of Jahangirabad – The taluqdar was a Qidwai Sheikh, Raja Farzand Ali Khan. He inherited the property through marriage to the daughter of Raja Razzaq Bakhsh.
* The late Raja Singji was a formidable and violent landholder until he was attacked by Maharaja Man Singh with Captain Orr of the British company's frontier police. They killed almost 70 of his inmate robbers. He was captured and taken prisoner to Lucknow, where he died in jail. Many of his inmate robbers escaped and migrated to neighbouring districts. It was mainly owing to the bad example set by Singji that the Daryabad district was so turbulent under the native government, that amils and chakladars were to use a native expression unable to breathe in it (''Nak Mein Dam Karta Tha'').
* Farzand Ali was the inspector in charge of the Sikandarbagh at Lucknow. On one occasion of the last king of Oudh visiting the garden, he was struck with the appearance of this young man, and presenting him with a ''khilat'', directed him to attend at the palace. With such a signal mark of the royal favour, Farzand Ali's advancement was rapid, and, under the interest of the influential eunuch, Bashir-ud-daula, he obtained a farman designating him the Raja of Jahangirabad. This taluqdar followed the deposed king to Calcutta and was there during the mutinies. Raja Farzand Ali was very intelligent and well able to manage his estate with prudence and circumspection.
* Taluqa of Barai – Chaudhri Ghulam Farid, a Siddiqi Shekh, was the largest landholder of the Rudauli ''tahsil''. He owned thirty-nine villages. In the settlement at annexation, he gave half of the estate to the children of his cousin, Mumtaz Ahmad.
* Taluqas of Rudauli and ''parganas'' of Bhitauli, Daryabad and Surajpur were other important settlements.
Few other later important taluqas were:
* Taluqa of Usmanpur – Founded by Raja Kaunsal Singh, who obtained the estate for military service under the Mughal Emperor Humayun. His son Lakhan Singh converted to Islam, and took the name Lakhu Khan.
* Taluqas of Satrikh – This estate comprised 85 villages. It had been ruled by the Chaudharys, descendants of the original Usmanis who immigrated to Oudh in the early part of the millennium. They were dispossessed for resistance to the British during the 1857 rebellion, and Satrikh estate was ruled by Taluqdar Qazi Kazi Ikram Ahmad.
Rebellion of 1857
Unlike what occurred in the districts of Hardoi, Gonda, and Lucknow, the whole body of the
taluqdar
Taluqdars or Talukdar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: ; Perso-Arabic: , ; from ''taluq'' "estate/attachment" + '' dar'' "owner"), were aristocrats who formed the ruling class during the Delhi Sultanate, Bengal Sultanate, Mughal Empire and British Raj ...
s in this district joined the cause of the deposed king and the mutineers. They offered no resistance, however, of any moment to the advance of the British troops after the
capture of Lucknow
The Capture of Lucknow (Hindi: लखनऊ का क़ब्ज़ा, ur, ) was a battle of Indian rebellion of 1857. The British recaptured the city of Lucknow which they had abandoned in the previous winter after the relief of a besieg ...
in the battle of Nawabganj.
British Raj (1858–1947)
The Sadr station (district headquarters) was placed at annexation and also after the mutinies at Daryabad. However, due to the stagnation of water in the immediate vicinity of the town, and to the prevalence of fever, the headquarters was moved in 1859 to Nawabganj, Bara Banki.Report of the regular settlement of the Bara Banki district By Francis Edward A. Chamier, Settlement Officer, Bara Banki, 18 January 1871
During 1869 census of Oudh, thirteen large towns or ''kasbahs'' were identified in the district:
Nawabgunj,
Musauli,
Rasauli,
Satrikh,
Zaidpur,
Sidhaur,
Dariabad,
Ichaulia,
Rudauli,
Ram Nagar,
Bado Sarai,
Kintoor and
Fatehpur. The census also noted the following were ''tahsils'' and ''parganas'':
In 1870, before the addition of two parganas from Lucknow (i.e. Kursi & Dewa) and one pargana each from Rae Bareli and Sultanpur (i.e. Haidergarh and Subeha, respectively), Bara Banki district had area of and had following subdivisions:
In 1871 about half the district was held by 43
talukdar
Taluqdars or Talukdar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: ; Perso-Arabic: , ; from ''taluq'' "estate/attachment" + '' dar'' "owner"), were aristocrats who formed the ruling class during the Delhi Sultanate, Bengal Sultanate, Mughal Empire and British Raj ...
s; there were also 5,397 village
zemindar
A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as a ...
s (landowners), and 1,354 under-proprietors. The
taluka
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
s were as follows:
In 1877, Barabanki was one of the three districts of the then Lucknow division. Its area was and population was 1,113,430.
As per ''1877 Gazetteer of the province of Oudh'' there were:
* Four ''tehsils'':
** Nawabganj
** Ram Sanehi Ghat
** Fatehpur
** Haidergarh
* Nine ''thanas'':
** Nawabganj
** Zaidpur
** Tikaitnagar
** Sanehi Ghat
** Bhilsar
** Fatehpur
** Kursi
** Ramnagar
** Haidergarh
* Courts, following were officers with civil, criminal and revenue powers:
** a deputy commissioner
** two assistant commissioner
** three extra assistant commissioner
** four tehsildars
** four honorary magistrates
Independence movement
In the struggle for independence from 1922 to 1934 during the Khilafat movement, the district participated in the growing movement against foreign fabrics, etc. On 26 October 1942, Brij Bahadur and Hans Raj ( Sardar) planted a bomb in a police outpost at Barabanki, known as Barabanki Outpost Bomb Case.
Geography
Barabanki district is for the most part flat agricultural lands studded with groves. The most elevated point is about above sea level, and there are few points of view from which any expanse of the countryside can be surveyed. In the north, the topography is broken by a ridge running parallel to the Ghaghra at a distance of , which is said to indicate the former right bank of this river. These lands are undulating and richly wooded, while to the south there is a gentle slope down to the Gomti. The district is intersected at various parts by rugged ravines.
Rivers and waters
Ghaghra
The principal river in the district is the
Ghaghra
Ghaghra is a census town in the Ghaghra CD block in the Gumla subdivision of the Gumla district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Ghaghra is located at
Area overview
The map alongside present ...
at a short distance from Bahramghat; it is formed by the Himalaya-fed rivers Chauka and Sarda, which meet in the Fatehpur tahsil. It is wide in the rainy season and about wide during the dry season, when the discharge is about . For , the river divides the Bara Banki district from the districts of Bahraich and Gonda. It flows in a south-easterly direction past Faizabad, and empties into the Ganges at Arrah. This river is navigable for flat-bottomed steamers as far as Bahramghat, and is used by country boats in considerable numbers between Bahramghat and Sarun district. The principal ferries are at Kaithi, Kamiar, and Paska Ghat; a floating bridge operates at Bahramghat during the cold season. The river's flood plains generally have fine crops of rice, but the water sometimes lies too long after the rains and rots them, and the spring crops cannot be sown. The river is not utilized for irrigation.
Gomti
Next in importance is the
Gomti
The Gomti, Gumti or Gomati River is a tributary of the Ganges. According to beliefs, the river is the son of Rishi Vashishtha and bathing in the Gomti on Ekadashi (the 11th day of the two lunar phases of the Hindu calendar month) can wash a ...
, which runs through the tahsil of Haidargarh and some portion of the tehsil Ram Sanehi Ghat, and separates the Bara Banki district from the districts of Lucknow, Sultanpur and Faizabad. Like the Ghagra, it runs in a south-easterly direction, has a well-defined bank and a stream which is fordable in the dry weather, when it is about wide. The circuitous course of the Gomti covers though the direct distance is half that distance. It is therefore not very efficient for transportation, though there is considerable traffic by country boats. Its dry weather discharge is . Its water is at a lower level than the Ghagra, and it is not used for irrigation. At the junction of the Kalyani, the Ghagra is only above sea level.
Kalyani
The
Kalyani River Kalyani may refer to:
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rises in the Fatehpur tahsil, and empties into the Gomti near the village of Anarpatti. In the rains of 1872, the Kalyani presented a vast volume of water – broad and deep – rushing at with a discharge of . In typical monsoons, the maximum discharge is about three-quarters of this. The river is crossed by a railway bridge with six spans of .
Jamuriha and Reth
The Jamuriha and Reth, both in the Nawabganj tehsil, are the only other notable streams in this district. Their general characteristics are the same: they have significant flows during rains which have carved steep and rugged banks broken by innumerable ravines. They flow into the Gomti.
Haidergarh
Haidergarh is a town and a nagar panchayat in the Barabanki district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Major Education System in HAIDERGARH
1- St. Xavier school
2- Gramyanchal Secondary Education
3- st. Mother Teresa School
4- Pure Educa ...
, Deviganj, Choury and Alapur are settlements on the Reth, while Jamuriha passes through
Barabanki city
Barabanki is a city and a municipal board in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. The city is about 30 km east of Lucknow, the state capital. It has a population of 146,831 with a dens ...
tanks
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and jheels, especially in the tehsils of Daryabad, Ram Sanehi Ghat, and Nawabganj. Seven percent of the area is covered with water; many of the tanks are in course of being deepened, earth is removed to replenishing cultivated land, though such efforts are complicated by conflicting rights to the tanks. Some of the jheels are navigable by small boats for sport or pleasure. The finest jheel in this district, that named Bhagghar, is situated in the Suratganj; it covers less than There is another in Dewa, covering about with water and marsh. Parva, Nardahi, and Ganhari Jheel are the major wetlands.
The Gomti-Kalyani doab
This
doab
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is a fertile area of about . It is bounded by the Kalyani river to the north, the Gomti river and its tributary to the south, the Sarda Sahayak feeder channel to the west, and the confluence of the Gomti and Kalyani rivers to the east.
Administration and divisions
Barabanki is one of the five constituent districts of
Faizabad Division
Faizabad division, officially known as Ayodhya division, is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state in India. Ayodhya is the administrative headquarters of the division. The government of Uttar Pradesh approved the renaming ...
. The other districts being
Faizabad
Faizabad (Hindustani pronunciation: ɛːzaːbaːd is a city situated near the southern banks of Saryu river in Ayodhya district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The area of this Faizabad region is administered by Ayodhya Municipal Corpor ...
, Sultanpur, Amethi and Ambedkar Nagar. The division is headed by the divisional commissioner.
As of 2003–04, the district contained 7 ''
tehsil
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s'', 17
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s, 154 '' nyaya panchayat'' and 1,140 '' gram sabhas''.
As per 1991 data, there were 1,812 inhabited villages and 31 inhabited villages.
In 2001, there were 14 towns and cities, 2 ''
nagar palika parishad
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s'', 1
cantonment
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Haidergarh
Haidergarh is a town and a nagar panchayat in the Barabanki district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Major Education System in HAIDERGARH
1- St. Xavier school
2- Gramyanchal Secondary Education
3- st. Mother Teresa School
4- Pure Educa ...
, Ram Nagar and Sirauli Ghauspur. The District Revenue Administration is headed by the District Collector (also known as District Magistrate), with the office at the collectorate, and these ''tehsils'' are under the charge of sub-divisional magistrates.
Development
District-level developmental activities are coordinated by the Chief Development Officer whose office is at the DRDA at the collectorate. The district-level offices for monitoring the developmental activities of Blocks at Barabanki are located at Vikas Bhawan. Block development officers, who head each of the 15 development blocks of the district, carry out the development schemes on behalf of the government. The development blocks are:
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, Masauli, Dewa, Harakh, Fatehpur, Haidergarh, Dariyabad, Suratganj, Siddhaur, Pure Dalai, Nindura, Trivediganj, Ram Nagar, Sirauli Ghauspur and Banikodar.
Law and order
The law and order administration is jointly coordinated by the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police. The district is subdivided into 22 police stations (''thanas''), each of which is headed by an inspector or sub-inspector of police. 12 police stations are rural and 9 are rural. These police stations are: Haidergarh, Satrikh, Dariyabad, Baddupur, Dewa, Kursi, Zaidpur, Mohammadpur, Ram Nagar, Fatehpur, Safderganj, Kotwali, Ramsanehi Ghat, Asandra, Subeha, Tikait Nagar, Lonikatra, Masauli, Kothi, Ghungter, Badosarai and Jahangirabad
Urban
The district has 14 urban administrative bodies for its towns, which are:
* Nawabganj Nagar Parishad for Barabanki Town
* Fatehpur Nagar Panchayat for Fatehpur Town Area
* Zaidpur Nagar Panchayat for Zaidpur Town Area
* Dariyabad Nagar Panchaya for Dariyabad Town Area
* Ramnagar Nagar Panchayat for Ramnagar Town Area
* Satrikh Nagar Panchayat for Satrikh Town Area
* Haidergarh Nagar Panchayat for Haidergarh Town Area
* Dewa Nagar Panchayat for Dewa Town Area
* Siddhaur Nagar Panchayat for Siddhaur Town Area
* Tikaitnagar Nagar Panchayat for Tikaitnagar Town Area
* Rudauli Nagar Parishad for Rudauli Town
* Banki Nagar Panchayat for Banki Town Area
* Cantonment Board for Cantonment Area in Barabanki
* Rampur Bhavanipur Census Town
* Subeha Nagar panchayat for Subeha town (effective 2008)
Electoral
Parliament and State Assembly
Barabanki district has seven state-assembly constituencies which fall under two
parliamentary
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constituencies. They are:
=State Assembly
=
Sitting (As of 2021):
* Sakendra Pratap Verma, 266-Kursi,
BJP
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* Sharad Kumar Awasthi, 267-Ramnagar,
BJP
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BJP
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* Baijnath Rawat, 272-Haidergarh,
BJP
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* Satish Chandra Sharma, 270-Dariyabad,
BJP
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=State Council
=
Barabanki district sends two members to state-council. Sitting members are:
# Rajesh Yadav 'Raju'
# Ram Naresh Rawat
Basic amenities
Following is the list of public amenities (1999–2002 data):
Road transport
National Highway 28
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(NH-28) passes through the district. It is well connected to other cities by means of roadways. Passenger road transport services in Uttar Pradesh started in 1947 with the operation of bus service on the
Lucknow
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–
Barabanki
Barabanki is a city and a municipal board in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. The city is about 30 km east of Lucknow, the state capital. It has a population of 146,831 with a dens ...
* Total electrified billages 1103
* Total electrified towns/cities 13
* Electrified Schedule Caste localities 1149
Water supply
Area covered under water supply using taps/ handpumps of India Mark-2:
* Village 1812
* Towns/city 14
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, Barabanki district had a
population
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of 3,260,699. It then ranked 107th out of India's 640 districts). The district had a population density of . Its
population growth rate
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over the decade 2001–2011 was 26.40%. Barabanki had a
sex ratio
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of 887
females
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A female has larger gametes than a male. Females a ...
for every 1,000 males, and a
literacy rate
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of 47.39%. Scheduled Castes made up 26.51% of the population.
As per the report ''Provisional Population Totals Paper 1 of 2011 Uttar Pradesh Series 10'' of the 2011 India Census, Barabanki district ranked 28th out of 71 districts of UP by population, with 1.63% of the state's total. In 2001 census it ranked 32nd. Population density is ranked 46th, with an increase from 623 in 2001 to 739 in 2011. The district was 56th for literacy, with overall literacy rate of 63.76%. Indian census, 2011 in its ''Provisional Population Totals'' report for Uttar Pradesh gives following stat for the district:Annual Health Survey 2010-11 gave following stats for the district:
As per Annual Health Survey 2010-11 district's stats for wealth index were:
As per AHS 2010–11, the district's effective literacy rate was 67.6 (rural 66.5, urban 80.9); for males it stood at 77.1 (rural 76.4, urban 85.8) and for females it was 56.9 (rural 55.3, urban 75.3).
1.518% of total population had some form of disability. Per 100,000 persons, the rate of severe injury was 188, major injury was 122, and minor injury was 423. Out of 100,000 persons, 691 were suffering from
diarrhoea
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/
dysentery
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, 966 were suffering from
acute respiratory infection
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(ARI), 3,698 suffered from some kind of
fever
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, 139 were suffering from
diabetes
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, 418 were suffering from
hypertension
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, 234 were suffering from
tuberculosis
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, 578 were suffering from
asthma
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/chronic respiratory diseases, and 801 were suffering from
arthritis
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. 5,592 suffered from an acute illness. 98.3% of those suffering from acute illness received treatment (6.6% from a government source). 5,036 had symptoms of chronic illness, of which 83.1% sought medical care. 4,964 were suffering from any kind of chronic illness of which 45.5% received treatment (20.3% from a government source).
18.3% of population was having habit of chewing tobacco while 1.1% were in habit of chewing without tobacco. 15% of population smoked, and 4.2% drank alcohol.
Minorities comprised about 23% of the total population of the district. Barabanki is a category "A" district (i.e. having socio-economic and basic amenities parameters below the national average).
Religion
Hinduism is the largest religion. Islam is a large minority, and is in equal proportions with Hinduism in urban areas.
Languages
At the time of the
2011 Census of India
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, 91.54% of the district population spoke
Hindi
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Awadhi
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as their first language.
One of the many languages spoken in the district is
Awadhi
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, a vernacular in the Hindi
continuum
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spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the
Awadh
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region of India.
Economy
The district's economy is primarily based on agriculture. Agriculture, bio-gas plants, animal husbandry, and small-scale industries provide direct and indirect employment.
Agriculture
In Barabanki the net irrigated area is 84.2% (compared to the Uttar Pradesh average of 79%). The intensity of irrigation in Barabanki is 176.9% (compared to the state average of 140%). Most of irrigation in Barabanki is done through private
tube well
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s (69%) and canals (30%).
Subsistence agriculture is practised in Barabanki, with up to five crops rotated per year. The dominant crops are cereals (occupying 68.4 per cent of cropped areas), mainly paddy (rice) (34.4%) and wheat (31.3%). Other crops include pulses (10.1%) and sugarcane 3.6%), and potatoes (2.8%).
Wheat
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,
rice
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and
maize
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are chief
food crop
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s of the district.
Opium
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sugarcane
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, fruits (
mango
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,
banana
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, etc.), vegetables (
potato
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Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...
,
tomato
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, mushroom, etc.), flowers (gladiolus, etc.), spices, etc. are the chief cash crops for export. Barabanki has been major hub of opium production since British rule; the district opium officer, based at Afeem Kothi, is the only one in the state.
Barabanki leads the country in menthol farming, with under cultivation.
Apart from crop farming, livestock-based farming, broiler farming, and Fish farming, fish cultivation is also prevalent in the district. Bee keeping is practised in the Dewa block of the district.
The district is home to a Regional Agriculture Seed Testing & Demonstration Station of the federal Department of Agriculture. In 2004, a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK, agricultural science centre) was established in the district under Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology. The Institute for Integrated Society Development established a Rural Technology Development and Dissemination Centre in 2002 at Nindura Block of Barabanki District. National Fertilizers Limited has established a Soil Testing Lab in the district. Information and Communication Technologies has a centre in the district.
Cottage industry
* Handicrafts industry
* Handloom industry
: Weaving products including scarfs, shawls and stoles, some of which are exported. These products are broadly categorised as rayon fibre or cotton yarn. Barabanki scarves were displayed at a national handloom expo. Barabanki has also emerged as a handkerchief production hub.
* Embroidery,
:Zardozi- In 2013 the Geographical Indication Registry (India), Geographical Indication Registry (GIR) accorded the Geographical indication, Geographical Indication (GI) registration to the ''Zardozi, Lucknow Zardozi'' – the world-renowned textile embroidery from Lucknow. The Zardozi products manufactured in areas in
Lucknow
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and six surrounding districts of Barabanki, Unnao district, Unnao, Sitapur district, Sitapur, Rae Bareli district, Rae Bareli, Hardoi district, Hardoi and Amethi district, Amethi became a brand and can carry a registered logo to confirm their authenticity.
Industry
There are six industrial areas in the District Barabanki,
* UP State Industrial Development Corporation, UPSIDC Agro Park, Kursi Road, Barabanki
* Industrial Area, Dewa Road, Barabanki
* Industrial Area, Rasool Panah, Fatehpur, Barabanki
* Mini Industrial Area, Ismailpur, Dewa, Barabanki
* Mini Industrial Area Amarsanda, Barabanki
* Mini Industrial Area Sohilpur, Harkh, Barabanki
The companies and factories include:
* India PolyFibres Limited
:The Company is engaged in manufacturing of polyester staple fibre, polyester, and tow with technology from Du Pont, USA.
* U.P. State Spinning Mill, Barabanki
* U.P. State Sugar Corp. Ltd., Barabanki
* DSM Sugar, Rauzagaon, Barabanki, U.P.
* Hally Industries pvt. Ltd., Barabanki – supplies welding electrodes and owns a wire-drawing unit and a rice mill
* J.R. Agro Industries Limited – operates a solvent extraction plant and a vegetable oil refinery.
* J.R. Organics Ltd. (formally Somaiya Organics Ltd.)
* Bharat Rubber Industries – supplies rubber and rubber-related products/
* Shree Shyam Industries, Tehsil Fatehpur
Solar power plant
The first 2 megawatt-capacity solar power plant project of Uttar Pradesh is situated in Sandauli village of Barabanki district, it was inaugurated on 10 May 2012 and become operational in January 2013. The plant was set up by Technical Associates Ltd.
Culture
Cultural heritage
In 2011–12 almost 2 million people visited the twin sites of Mahadeva temple (Lodheswar Mahadev) and Deva Sharif shrine.
Notable people
* Royalty
** Dr. Raja Rai Rajeshwar Bali (1889–1944), 13th Taluqdar - Rampur Dariyabad, Honorary Magistrate, Barabanki, Minister of Education & Health United Provinces
* Athletes
** K. D. Singh, (2 February 192227 March 1978), field hockey player. He was captain of the gold medal-winning India at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Indian Olympic Hockey team at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
** Beni Prasad Verma,(11 February 1941 – 27 March 2020) was an Indian politician and a member of the Samajwadi Party. Earlier he was with Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh Yadav, then he joined Indian National Congress and was elected on its ticket to Lok Sabha in 2009. In 2016 he rejoined Samajwadi Party.
** Atul Verma, won India its first Olympic Games, Olympic archery medal, a bronze in the Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' individual, boys' individual Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, archery competition at the 2014 Youth Summer Olympics.
* Religious figures
** Jagjivan Das (born 1727, date of death unknown), founder of the Satnaami branch of Hinduism. He wrote ''Aagam Paddhati'', ''Agh Vinaash'', ''Gyan Prakash'', ''Maha Pralay'', ''Param Granth'', ''Prem-Path'', and ''Shabd-Sagar''.
** Gazi Saiyyed Salar Sahu, Sayyed Salar Sahu Ghazi of Satrikh (died 1200s), who won the recognition of his contemporaries and exerted one of the most powerful influences in
Awadh
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spiritual history.
** Waris Ali Shah, (1819–1905), a Sufi saint from Dewa, was the founder of Warsi order of Sufism and a poet. He wrote ''Hans-Jawahir''.
** Ayatollah Mufti Syed Syed Mir Muhammad Quli Musavi, Muhammad Quli Khan (title), Khan – wrote ''Kintoori'', principal ''Sadr Amin'' at the British court in Meerut.Roots of North Indian Shi‘ism in Iran and Iraq Religion and State in Awadh, 1722-1859 ''by J. R. I. Cole, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley · Los Angeles · Oxford'' Sacred Space and Holy War The Politics, Culture and History of Shi`ite Islam '' by Juan Cole, I.B.Tauris Publishers, London · New York
* Ayatollah Syed Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi ''Kintoori'' ''Lakhnavi'' (died 1880) author of ''Abaqat ul Anwar fi Imamat al Ai'imma al-Athar''.Islam, politics, and social movements ''By Edmund Burke, Ervand Abrahamian, Ira M. Lapidus''
** Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi, Abdul Majid ''Daryabadi''
* Military
** Ibrahim Bek of Dewa.
* Literary
** Khuda Bakhsh Sheikh of Dariyabad, Barabanki, Dariyabad, wrote poetry and a biography of Waris Ali Shah.
** Khumar Barabankvi, Khumār Barabankvi (1919–1999), an Urdu poet and lyricist.
** Maulvi, Mawlwi Abdul Bari Nadvi, Abdul Bari ''Nadwi'', was member of first Managing Committee of Darul Mussannefin Shibli Academy
* Majaz Lucknowi is prominent Urdu poet from Barabanki. He hails from *Rudauli and maternal uncle of famous lyricist Javed Akhtar.
* Politicians
** Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Freedom Fighter and Congress leader
** Mohsina Kidwai, politician
** Amir Haider, politician
** Beni Prasad Verma, politician, former MP and Ministry of Steel (India), Ministry of Steel of India
** P. L. Punia, Panna Lal Punia, former Member of Loksabha from Barabanki (Lok Sabha constituency), politician
** Upendra Singh Rawat, current Member of Loksabha from Barabanki (Lok Sabha constituency), politician
** Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai, politician
** Anantram Jaiswal, politician
* Others
** Shaikh Abdul Quddus Gangohi, Abd al-Quddus ''Gangohi'' (1456–1537) bin Shaykh Muhammad Ismail bin Shaykh safi al-djn Hanafi Ghaznavi Chishti Gangohi, a Sufi Shaykh.
** Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi, paternal grandfather of Ayatollah Khomeini, was born in
Kintoor
Kintoor or Kintur is a village in Barabanki district famous for battle of Kintoor of 1858 during the Indian Mutiny.
Battle of Kintoor
The Battle of Kintoor was a conflict between rebel sepoys and troops East India Company and Kapurthala Sta ...
.
** Naseeruddin Shah, an actor was born in 1950 in Barabanki.
** Shiva Balak Misra, geologist, writer and social worker
** Mushirul Hasan,:originally belongs to village Muhammadpur, Tehsil Fatehpur, historian, author and ex-Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University at Delhi.
Education
Schools and intermediate colleges
* Anand Bhawan School, Barabanki city
* Government Inter College Barabanki, Government Inter College, Barabanki city
* Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Sonikpur, Trivediganj, Barabanki
* Ram Sewak Yadav Smarak Inter College, Barabanki city
* Pioneer Montessori Inter College, Barabanki city
* Saint Anthony's Inter College, Barabanki city
* Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Barabanki city
* Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College, Barabanki city
* Shiv Ram Singh Inter College, Pallhari Bypass, Barabanki
Engineering colleges
* Jahangirabad Institute of Technology, Jahangirabad
* Sagar Institute of Technology & Management, Faizabad Road
Polytechnic institute
* Government Polytechnic Barabanki, Jahangirabad Road
Other professional institutions
* Jahangirabad Media Institute, Jahangirabad
Research institutions
* International Rice Research Institute - branch Tikarhar Road, Kursi, Barabanki
References
External links
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