Tanda is a town in

Ambedkar Nagar district Ambedkar Nagar is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Faizabad division (officially ''Ayodhya division'') in the Awadh region of the state. This district was established on 29 September 1995 by carvin ...

in the

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n state 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 ...

situated on the banks of

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River. It is a ''

nagar palika parishad In India, a Municipal Council (also known as Municipality, Nagar Palika, or Nagar Palika Parishad) is an Urban Local Body that administers a city of population 100,000 or more. However, there are exceptions to that, as previously Nagar Palikas co ...

'' and is part 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 town is situated north east from district headquarter Akbarpur. Tanda is also a ''

tehsil 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 ...

'' in the district. It has one of the largest

handloom A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of the loom and its mechanics may vary, but th ...

weaving Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal th ...

industries for manufacturing varietis like ''

gamchha A gamucha () is a traditional thin, coarse cotton towel, often with a checked design, found in the Indian subcontinent, mainly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, as well as various parts of South and Southeast Asia. It is used for drying the body aft ...

'', ''

lungi The lungi is a type of sarong that originated in the Indian Subcontinent. The Lungi, which usually multicoloured, is a men's skirt usually tied around the lower waist below the navel. it can be worn as casual wear and night wear, in places an ...

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, check-shirt clothes material in state of Uttar Pradesh.

History

Tanda has a rich historical background. It used to be a barren land until the

Mughal Emperor The Mughal emperors ( fa, , Pādishāhān) were the supreme heads of state of the Mughal Empire on the Indian subcontinent, mainly corresponding to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Mughal rulers styled t ...

Farrukhsiyar Farrukhsiyar or Farrukh Siyar () (20 August 16839 April 1719) was the tenth emperor of the Mughal Empire from 1713 to 1719. He rose to the throne after assassinating his uncle, Emperor Jahandar Shah. Reportedly a handsome man who was easily sw ...

asked Raja Syed Mohammad Hayat to make a civilization on the bank of the

river in 1714 A.D. The royal estate of Tanda stretched from the borders of old

Awadh 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 ...

to the borders of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

. Before the famous 1857 mutiny, Tanda’s then Raja Syed Hussain Ali, with his brother Raja Syed Abbas Ali, stood against British army troops, which were moving towards Delhi, and fought a fierce battle in which many of the Estate’s soldiers died. It was Raja Syed Mohammad Raza who by his virtue of intelligence was able to hold on the legacy. Raja Syed Mohammad Abbas and Raja Syed Hussain Abbas continued with the legacy. Today Raja Syed Jafar Raza (Parvez) holds the heritage.

Demographics

According to the

2011 census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, the Tanda Nagar Palika Parishad had a population of 95,516, of which 49,429 were males while 46,087 were females. The population of children in the age range 0-6 was 12,090 which is 12.66% of total population of Tanda. The total number of literates in Tanda was 64,736, which constituted 67.8% of the population with male literacy of 71.5% and female literacy of 63.8%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Tanda was 77.6%, of which male literacy rate was 81.8% and female literacy rate was 73.1%. The

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

population was 7,094 and 3 respectively. Tanda had 14597 households in 2011. The most commonly spoken languages are

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

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 ...

and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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Government and politics

Administration

As of 2022,

Ram Murti Verma Ram Murti Verma (born 1 January 1965) is an Indian politician and former Minister of Milk and Dairy development in the Uttar Pradesh government under Akhilesh Yadav ministry. As a member of the Samajwadi Party, Verma represents the Tanda cons ...

from

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

is the MLA in the

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ...

representing Tanda constituency of

. Naseem Rehana Ansari Advocate was the chairman of Nagar Palika Parishad Tanda who died during her tenure.

Lalji Verma Lalji Verma (born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician. Ex. Minister Uttar Pradesh government and leader of the BSP legislative assembly. Biography Verma was born in the village of Mohiuddinpur, in Uttar Pradesh, India, on January 5, 19 ...

, Ex-MLA Ex-minister of Uttar Pradesh Govternment hails from the same constituency. Dr. Masood Ahmad was the education minister from Prithvipur village near

Hanswar Hanswar is a town in the Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India, located east of Tanda. Demographically, Hanswar resembles the rest of the Purvanchal area in which it is located. History Hanswar, located 70-80 miles from Ayodhya, had ...

of this region. Heera Lal Yadav who is Member of Legislative Council hails from Saslahpur Rajaur village of this area.

Civic amenities and services

Hospitals

Mahamaya Rajkiya Allopathic Medical College Mahamaya Rajkiya Allopathic Medical College or Mahamaya Government Allopathic Medical College, generally known as Mahamaya Medical College, is one of the state run medical colleges with multispeciality hospitals in Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar. T ...

serve as local Hospital for Tanda and entire Ambedkar Nagar district.

Economy

Tanda is an industrial city famous for its Tanda Terricot clothes. The "Tanda Terricot" are now manufactured on power looms. However, the city has a long history of

using hand looms. Things changed with the introduction of electricity in the early 1960s. Other important industrial establishments in the region include a power plant run by the

National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Power, Government of India which is engaged in generation of electricity and ...

. National Thermal Power Corporation has an installed capacity of 440 MW (4 x 110 MW). The power plant also houses a residential colony along with a hospital and the educational facilities.

Culture

Many festivals are celebrated here such as

Diwali Diwali (), Dewali, Divali, or Deepavali ( IAST: ''dīpāvalī''), also known as the Festival of Lights, related to Jain Diwali, Bandi Chhor Divas, Tihar, Swanti, Sohrai, and Bandna, is a religious celebration in Indian religions. It is ...

Holi Holi (), also known as the Festival of Colours, the Festival of Spring, and the Festival of Love,The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) p. 874 "Holi /'həʊli:/ noun a Hindu spring festival ...". is an ancient Hindu religious festival ...

Durga Pooja Durga Puja ( bn, দুর্গা পূজা), also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsava, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga and is also celebrated ...

Janmashtami Krishna Janmashtami , also known simply as Krishnashtami, Janmashtami, or Gokulashtami, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. According to the Hindu lunisolar calendar, it is observed ...

Hindus Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

and

Eid Al Fitr , nickname = Festival of Breaking the Fast, Lesser Eid, Sweet Eid, Sugar Feast , observedby = Muslims , type = Islamic , longtype = Islamic , significance = Commemoration to mark the end of fasting in Ramadan , date ...

Eid Al Adha Eid al-Adha () is the second and the larger of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam (the other being Eid al-Fitr). It honours the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail (Ishmael) as an act of obedience to Allah's com ...

, Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Birth Anniversary of Prophet Hazrat Mohammad), 10th of Muharram, Shab E Baraat by

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. Govind Sahab Mela,

Ambedkar Jayanti Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti is an annual festival observed on 14 April to commemorate the memory of B. R. Ambedkar, Indian politician and civil rights activist. It marks Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's birthday who was born on 14 April 1891. Sin ...

( Birthday of B R Ambedkar) on 14 April, Haroon Rasheed Mela are the most common festivals which are celebrated annually here.

Transportation

Tanda is well connected by road to the rest of the country. The rail connections are used primarily for goods transportation for the power plant and the cement factory. For passenger transportation,

Akbarpur Junction Akbarpur Junction railway station is a junction station between Lucknow, Ayodhya Cantt and Varanasi. It serves Akbarpur city. Railway stations near Akbarpur are Shahganj Junction (SHG), Jaunpur Junction (JNU), Goshainganj (GGJ), Malipur (MLPR ...

and Faizabad Junction and

Ayodhya Junction Ayodhya Junction railway station is a railway station in the city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh in India. It is one of two railway junction stations in the city; the other one is . The station is owned by Indian Railways. Location The station is ...

is the main option. Akbarpur has located about 62 km from Faizabad. Tanda is around 182 km from

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 ...

. Government bus services are not available to nearby towns and cities, so many private travel agencies provide bus services to Akbarpur, Hanswar, Baskhari, Rajesultanpur, Azamgarh, Basti, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur,

Varanasi Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. * * * * The city has a syncretic t ...

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 ...

Ayodhya Ayodhya (; ) is a city situated on the banks of holy river Saryu in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Ayodhya, also known as Sāketa, Saketa, is an ancient city of India, the birthplace of Rama and ...

, Kanpur and Delhi. The nearest international airports are the upcoming

Ayodhya Airport Ayodhya Airport, officially known as Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram International Airport, is an under-construction international airport which will serve the city of Ayodhya in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The airport is located adjacent t ...

Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport is an international airport serving Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located at Babatpur, northwest of Varanasi. Formerly known as Varanasi Airport, it was officially renamed after Lal Bahadur ...

and

Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport is an international airport serving Lucknow, the capital of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located in the Amausi area of the city 14 km far from the city centre, and was earlier also ...

in Lucknow. Nearest domestic airport is

Gorakhpur Airport Gorakhpur Airport is an airport located in Gorakhpur, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The Airports Authority of India operates it as a civil enclave at the Gorakhpur Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force. From the city the airport ...

Gorakhpur Gorakhpur is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the Rapti river in the Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometers east of the state capital Lucknow. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur dist ...

Road

The town is situated north east from district headquarter Akbarpur. The town is directly connected with Basti by

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passing through Tanda-Kalwari Bridge. The town is connected to

Banda Banda may refer to: People *Banda (surname) *Banda Prakash (born 1954), Indian politician *Banda Kanakalingeshwara Rao (1907–1968), Indian actor *Banda Karthika Reddy (born 1977), Indian politician *Banda Singh Bahadur (1670–1716), Sikh warr ...

by National Highway 128 via Akbarpur, Sultanpur and

Raebareli 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 arc ...

. Road connectivity: *

National Highway 233A (India) National Highway 233A is a National Highway in India that links Rajesultanpur nasirpur Chhitauna,gangasagar,Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.up Start National Highway 233A starts in Ayodhya City Outed in Near NH 2 ...

* National Highway 232 (India) * Tanda-Azamgarh Road * Tanda-Rajesultanpur Road * Tanda-Basti Road * Tanda-Faizabad Road * Hakeem Abdul Jaleel Road

Education

*Adarsh Janta Inter College, Tanda Ambedkar Nagar * D.A.V. Academy,Tanda * D A V Public School, Tanda *Qaumi Inter College Tanda Ambedkar Nagar

References

{{Ambedkar Nagar district Cities and towns in Ambedkar Nagar district