Bangarmau


Bangarmau is a tehsil and a municipal board in Unnao district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located on high ground overlooking the left bank of the Kalyani river, about 50 km northwest of Unnao and 22 km northwest of Safipur. Roads fan out in all directions from Bangarmau, including the main Unnao-Hardoi road SH38 that passes through town. Major commodities produced here include wheat flour, rice, and pulses. As of 2011, the population of Bangarmau is 44,204, in 7,600 households.
Near Bangarmau is Sanchan Kot, where in 2009, an Archaeological Survey of India excavation unearthed a 2000-year-old Shiva temple.

History

Bangarmau was the first Hindu settlement in the area of present-day Unnao district, dating back to around the year 1300. 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. 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. The modern village of Nawal is built on top of its ruins, and old artifacts are still sometimes dug up.
Sayyid Ala-ud-Din then went on to found the city of Bangarmau, which is where he was buried after he died. A shrine was built over his grave, and it has an inscription dated to 702 AH, or 1302 CE. 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.
Despite Bangarmau's Muslim origin and prominent shrine, though, it never became thoroughly Islamised, and the population remains mostly Hindu.
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.
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. It had 16 mosques and several Hindu temples, as well as a police station and a middle school with 120 students. The town held markets twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Saturdays; its commerce was helped by its advantageous location at a crossroads.

Demographics

Education

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
  • 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, Ismailpur, Ambapara, Bangarmau

    Villages

Bangarmau CD block has the following 82 villages:
Village nameTotal land area Population
Mella Allm Saha Ahatmali499.51,048
Mela Allm Saha Gair Ahatmali205.42,214
Jagat Nagar Gair Ahatmali104.6880
Jagat Nagar Ahat Mali78.71,199
Khairoodeen Pur287.42,144
Katri Mahigawa304.80
Katri Gaori19.80
Katri Mohiuddeen Pur21.60
Katri Akberpur Seng8411,936
Katri Gadanpur Ahar6271,588
Bahalolpur Kaher148.80
Setuwahi105.6770
Sindhpur Beria Garha350.63,081
Shahabajpur145.3888
Fareedpur Khar4131,542
Purahash133.8531
Tatia Pur180.31,222
Sahasaray159.7972
Golhawa Pur150.71,194
Chhatra Pur2511,567
Hasanpur Sagaora95.5991
Saepur Sagaora296.12,215
Khoajgipur Hemma122.5599
Jamuniha Bahger2231,568
Madarnagar357.64,582
Jirik Pur4833,133
Bhikhari Pur Kasba348.32,051
Jagtapur341.91,340
Murtaza Pur243.12,230
Haibatpur2681,382
Naseerpur Bhikkhan210.21,213
Newal394.32,389
Rabdi229.41,371
Lateefpur535.72,458
Bagermao Rural656.81,239
Chakmeerapur81.4564
Bhagwantpur Gote Pali3094,870
Nagwa155.3254
Umaria Bhagwantpur164404
Parasram Pur Ahatmali88.60
Parasram Pur Gair Ahatmali238.62,492
Jamar438.71,690
Kamal Pur229.21,372
Marha Pur407.33,219
Chahlha213.91,981
Malha Pur250.71,556
Sakraoli461.82,684
Palia225.21,619
Chakpeer Nagar65.71,166
Goara51.7733
Surseni305.84,597
Mau134.81,785
Allampur Retwa150.8813
Kesavepur111.4745
Bhikhari Pur Rural176.32,156
Asat Mohioddeen Pur298.42,675
Gaoria Khurd43.3297
Heera Pur311.6998
Bhariha Pur902,302
Nevla Pur334.51,866
Mustafabad644.42,477
Hariapur347.23,537
Aterdhani391.44,769
Dandia Sunaora543.51,657
Gondari399.41,814
Utman Pur236.4982
Ganni Pur203.8805
Argu Pur605.53,816
Tamoria Bujurg281.51,798
Tamoria Khurd217.21,119
Shadi Pur1,069.37,390
Guljar Pur359.53,835
Nawabad Garant220.71,159
Gaoria Kalan1,152.96,902
Sher Pur Kalan481.22,935
Sikander Pur113.4502
Asrfabad106.6646
Dholwa152.3943
Pindna242.41,601
Sadabad239.11,368
Kanhao172.21,235
Kursath Rural1,914.513,484