Bawan Buzurg Balla is a village in

Amawan Amawan is a village and corresponding community development block in Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It historically was the seat of a taluqdari estate held by a Pathan family and eventually split into two shares. As of 2011, its popula ...

block of

Rae Bareli district Raebareli district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Raebareli is the district headquarters. This district is a part of Lucknow Division in Uttar Pradesh state. The total area of Raebareli district is 3,371 S ...

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. It is located near Maharajganj, south of the road to

Bachhrawan Bachhrawan is a town and nagar panchayat in Raebareli district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the seat of a community development block. It is located on the main Raebareli-Lucknow road, at the intersection with roads leading to Mah ...

and west of the road to

Rae Bareli Raebareli is a city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Raebareli district and a part of Lucknow Division. The city is situated on the banks of the Sai river, southeast of Lucknow. It possesses many a ...

. It is the largest village in the district by area. As of 2011, its population is 11,754 people, in 2,154 households.

History

Bawan Buzurg was historically noted for its production of

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s, but this industry had ceased by the turn of the 20th century. At that point, it was described as a very large and scattered village that was mostly noteworthy for its size. Its population in 1901 was 4,709 people, including a Muslim minority of 540. It was held in joint

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i tenure by

Pathan Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...

s And

Manihar The Manihar ( ur, مَنِہار) are a Muslim community, found mainly in North India. History and origin The word is derived from ''man'' ( hi, मणि), meaning 'jewel' in Urdu, and the agentive suffix . Their traditional occupation is ban ...

s claiming descent from an Afghan named Faqir Khan, who supposedly conquered the place from the

Bhar The Bhar are a caste in India. History Influenced by the Arya Samaj movement, as were members of other castes, Baijnath Prasad Adhyapak published ''Rajbhar Jati ka Itihas'' in 1940. This book attempted to prove that the Rajbhar were former ...

s in the time of Ibrahim Shah of the

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. The 1961 census recorded Bawan Buzurg as comprising 26 hamlets, with a total population of 3,760 people (1,497 male and 2,263 female), in 978 households and 951 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 6,063

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s. The 1981 census recorded Bawan Buzurg (as "Bawan Bujurg") as having a population of 6,502 people, in 707 households, and having an area of 2,330.67

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s. The main staple foods were listed as

juwar ''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a grass species cultivated for its grain, which is used for food for humans, animal feed, and ethanol produ ...

and rice.

References

Villages in Raebareli district {{Raebareli-geo-stub