Kanuan


Kanuan Also known as kanuwan is a village located in Mohammadabad Assembly constituency tehsil of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. It is situated 45 km from Ghazipur district. It has total 440 families residing. Kanuan has population of 3,112 as per Population Census 2011.As of 2011, Kanuan has a post office with the PIN code , and the village comes under the jurisdiction of the bhawarkol police station.

VILLAGE SPECIALITY

The Jai Bajrang Ramlila Committee has been organizing the Ramlila in Kanuan village for 50 years.
Current Management and Community Support
The Ramlila is currently managed by a core group including Manish Rai, Gopal Rai, Shailesh Rai, Shubham Rai, Avinash Rai, and Pavan Rai, along with several other dedicated workers. The event receives full support from the entire village.

Dussehra Tradition

A significant part of the celebration is the burning of an effigy of Ravana on the day of Dussehra.

HISTORY

According to historical records, Kanuwan was established around 1420 A.D. It was Kunwar Bhairo Shah who moved from 'Saharmadih' to this place and built a Kot. He was the last person of Raja Mulhan Dikshit's family who left the old habitat of Kinwars near Ooki river. It was a period when sultan Khizr Khan was sitting on the throne of Delhi. Kunwar Bhairav Shah had four sons, Satan Shah, Bisen Shah, Karmsen Shah and Narayan Shah. Elder son Satan Shah established Pidroi, second son Bisen Shah established Amarupur, third son Karmsen Shah established Kanuan and youngest of them Narayan Shah stayed at Gondaur. Kunwar Narayan Shah also had four sons, Madhav Rai, Mahesh Rai, Sarangdhar Rai and Purushottam Rai. Eldest of them Taluqdar Madhav Rai established village Kundesar on the bank of river Ganges, second son Mahesh Rai established Narayanpur on the name of his father Narayan Shah, third son Sarangdhar Rai styed at Gondaur while youngest Purushottam Rai moved to Musurdeva. Its narrated in 'Shri Pothi Bansauri' in these verses:

Population details

Total No. of Houses585--
Population3,6671,8761,791
Child 641324317
Schedule Caste387211176
Schedule Tribe000
Literacy70.56 %79.32 %61.33 %
Total Workers1,321905416
Main Worker1,053--
Marginal Worker268155113