Kurwar is a town and community development block headquarters in Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located by the Gomti River, 14 km northwest of Sultanpur on the road to Isauli and Haliapur.[3] The southern part of the village is on fairly high ground, but the area north of the main road is low-lying and prone to flooding.[3] Kurwar historically was the seat of the taluqdari estate of the Raja of Kurwar, who was the head of the Bachgoti Rajput clan.[3]

Kurwar
Kudwar
Village
Map showing Kurwar (#785) in Kurwar CD block
Map showing Kurwar (#785) in Kurwar CD block
Kurwar is located in Uttar Pradesh
Kurwar
Kurwar
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°20′51″N 81°58′43″E / 26.347496°N 81.97874°E / 26.347496; 81.97874[1]
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DivisionAyodhya division
DistrictSultanpur
Area
 • Total6.718 km2 (2.594 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total10,826
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

As of 2011, Kurwar has a population of 10,826, in 1,785 households.[2] It has 4 primary schools and a community health centre.[2] Kurwar hosts a market twice per week, on Mondays and Fridays; it mostly deals in cloth, pottery and bullocks.[4] It also hosts a large Dussehra festival involving dramatic reenactments of scenes from the Ramayana.[4] Vendors bring items such as earthenware pottery, hosiery, hemp ropes, cloth, toys, and sweets to sell at the fair.[4] Kurwar is also the seat of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 13 other villages.[5]

History

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Kurwar was historically the seat of the Raja of Kurwar, who was head of the Bachgoti Rajput clan and who lived in a palace here.[3] The palace was built by the Court of Wards, and Raja Partab Bahadur Singh also built a large zanana house which was completed in 1902.[3]

The Rajas of Kurwar claimed descent from one Prithipat Singh; the ninth raja, Niwaz Singh, had two sons named Lachhman Singh (who inherited Kurwar) and Man Singh (who received the taluqa of Bhiti; Lachhman Singh's grandsons all died without issue, and Sukhdev Singh, a descendant of Man Singh, seized Kurwar, and his descendants would subsequently reign as rajas.[3] At the turn of the 20th century, the Kurwar estate consisted of 64 villages and 9 pattis in the parganas of Miranpur and Baraunsa, and the raja also held the Hathgaon estate of 37 villages and 15 pattis in Faizabad district.[3]

At the turn of the 20th century, Kurwar was described as a large village with "a very flourishing upper primary school, one of the best in the district," as well as a female dispensary maintained by the Raja of Kurwar.[3] It was not, however a trade centre.[3] The population as of 1901 was 3,004 people, including 2,297 Hindus and 707 Muslims.[3] The main caste groups were Brahmins, Thakurs, and Kayasths.[3]

The 1951 census recorded Kurwar as comprising 36 hamlets, with a total population of 3,640 people (1,808 male and 1,832 female), in 852 households and 780 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 1,722 acres.[6] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Miranpur and the thana of Kotwali.[6] The village had a district board-run primary school with 276 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951.[6]

The 1961 census recorded Kurwar as comprising 37 hamlets, with a total population of 4,112 people (2,047 male and 2,065 female), in 795 households and 760 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 1,722 acres and it had a medical practitioner, maternity and child welfare centre, and government-run dispensary with 2 male and 2 female beds.[4] Average attendance of the twice-weekly haat was about 1,500 people, while attendance of the Dussehra fair was about 2,000.[4]

The 1981 census recorded Kurwar as having a population of 5,876 people, in 1,031 households, and having an area of 696.89 hectares.[7] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[7]

The 1991 census recorded Kurwar (as "Kudwar") as having a total population of 7,428 people (3,826 male and 3,602 female), in 1,181 households and 1,156 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was listed as 996.89 hectares.[5] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 1,426, or 19% of the total; this group was 53% male (757) and 47% female (669).[5] Members of scheduled castes numbered 758, or 10% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[5] The literacy rate of the village was 52% (2,152 men and 984 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[5] 1,970 people were classified as main workers (1,736 men and 234 women), while 10 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 5,448 residents were non-workers.[5] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 635 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 530 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 0 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 188 household industry workers; 70 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 4 construction workers; 245 employed in trade and commerce; 23 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 285 in other services.[5]

Villages

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Kurwar CD block has the following 99 villages:[2]

Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011)
Basantpur Tivaripur 135.5 1,489
Khajapur 77.6 645
Marha 176.8 1,027
Madhopur Acharya 77.8 1,426
Bahubara 209.8 1,885
Agai 421.9 3,371
Mudva 321.5 2,948
Avadha 88 285
Sarav 128.6 1,195
Soti 49 34
Madhopur 82.3 375
Nougbatir 491.3 2,821
Uapadh Yaypur 38.9 359
Pratappur 341.7 2,148
Bhandar Parasrampur 1,318.5 5,656
Tirachha 25.8 700
Nirsahiya 229.8 1,505
Kumhai 171.9 905
Sohgouli 645.1 6,339
Bhagvanpur 50.4 818
Utmanpur 61.6 551
Gajahati 154.7 3,905
Bhdahara 136.4 1,422
Khadar Basantpur 283.6 1,454
Nayora 92.2 859
Kurwar (block headquarters) 671.8 10,826
Isauli 98.5 1,349
Devalpur 191.7 1,631
Chitaipur 51.9 845
Harkhpur 157.7 2,310
Grantkurvar 328 1,101
Dhanrava 389 7,354
Sarkoura 464.9 4,849
Kapurpur 70 65
Jagdishpur 59 719
Pataipur 115.6 826
Mahmudpur Bangir 29 387
Pipri 227.3 1,478
Purejrekhi 152.8 584
Mithnepur 171.1 2,011
Pahrauli 199.2 810
Kota 431.6 2,143
Vinaykpur 272.7 1,492
Balapashchim 473.2 3,807
Pureudayram 78.1 346
Narottampur 49.6 403
Maviya 77.9 1,249
Chak Mavaiya 14.6 229
Kotiya 348.1 5,861
Purepavar 110.2 896
Rajapur 205.1 2,521
Domanpur 358.6 4,814
Rampur Matha 155.4 1,228
Dhusyariya 225.8 1,530
Uchgaon 424.3 4,036
Khadsa 55.3 1,242
Sarayapurevishan 312.9 3,651
Masetva 55.2 1,042
Maniyari 191.4 2,931
Tikariya 259.9 1,270
Baburi 269.8 2,461
Ajiyavardabi 212 917
Sanibhar 179.1 253
Majhna 728.8 3,352
Senduri 68.3 917
Daudpatti 251.7 3,672
Devalpur 151.5 1,023
Hajipatti 654.2 5,777
Karamchandpur 163.9 881
Bukunpur 83.7 1,337
Rampur 136.5 1,359
Dharupur 230.2 1,552
Bhati 475.2 3,729
Shanichara 201.6 1,158
Narahi 461.9 3,021
Shahpur Sarkande Dih 597.9 5,990
Pureladaie 78.5 893
Bahmarpur 296.4 2,438
Uttar Gaaon 129 848
Harkhi Purbiripur 111.1 1,017
Badauliya 33.5 401
Khokhipur 295.5 3,042
Khaniya Pashchim 311.8 2,225
Bahlolour 192.3 2,253
Khaniyapurva 388.4 3,382
Surjipur 170.3 1,619
Asaroga 97.2 1,248
Naaugva 289.1 2,888
Miranpur 176.6 2,277
Parsipur 139.1 1,662
Ajhuie 500.7 4,265
Kotva 89.3 1,288
Rankedih 236.7 3,462
Mudainavada 135.1 1,442
Bramhjitpur 60.7 979
Pratap Pur 73.6 1,173
Mahamud Pur 73 515
Maniyar Pur 248.6 3,593
Judupur 135.1 2,213
Block total 203,850 22,516
Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011)

Schools

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  1. Aadarsh primary school Pragya Academy Nursery School
  2. RDL Public School
  3. BP Inter College
  4. Bhuvneshwari Pratap Sanskrit Maha Vidyalaya
  5. Dr. Mahadevi Verma Inter College

References

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  1. ^ "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook – Sultanpur, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census 2011 India. pp. 318–35. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Nevill, H.R. (1903). Sultanpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XLVI Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 94, 191, 195–6. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 – Sultanpur District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. 121–2, 144–5, 148, lxxiv–lxxv. Retrieved 1 December 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli (PDF). 1992. pp. xxiv–xxviii, 230–1. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (49 – Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 148–9, 199. Retrieved 1 December 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ a b Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 166–7. Retrieved 1 December 2021.