Zahurabad is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
and a block in
Kasimabad,Ghazipur 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 ...
of
Ghazipur District
Ghazipur district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Ghazipur is the district headquarters. The district is part of Varanasi Division. The region of Ghazipur is famous mainly for the production of its unique ros ...
,
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
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. Jahurabad also gives its name to the
Jahurabad Assembly Constituency. Jahurabad was a Jagir and was ruled by the family of
Nawab Sheikh Abdullah
Nawab ( Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب;
bn, নবাব/নওয়াব;
hi, नवाब;
Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ;
Persian,
Punjabi ,
Sindhi,
Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Noba ...
, the family of
Jahurabad,
Bahadurganj and
Qasimabad. As per
1901 Census of India
The Census of India prior to independence was conducted periodically from 1865 to 1941. The censuses were primarily concerned with administration and faced numerous problems in their design and conduct ranging from the absence of house numbering ...
Jahurabad pargana had a total population of 69589 and was spread over
79868 acres.
History
During Mughals and British Jahurabad was a jagir and was also a capital of Jahurabad estate. Later, it became a pargana and had an area of 79868 acres. The Jahurabad was primarily populated by large population of Pathans.
The population of Jahurabad village in year 1881 was 1502 later, in 1891 it dropped to 1463 and in year 1901 it was 1271 of whom 556 were Muslims. The total geographical area of the village in 1901 was 445 acres which consisted of Jahurabad, Mustafabad, Shakarpur Kurd and was kept on a revenue demand of rupees 721 in year 1908. Where as, the total land spread of Jahurabad Village was 24,337 acres which was one of the largest zamindari villages in Uttar Pradesh.
References
Villages in Ghazipur district
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