Asoha
Asoha
Asohā | |
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Village | |
Asoha Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
Coordinates: 26°35′08″N 80°50′07″E / 26.585593°N 80.83518°ECoordinates: 26°35′08″N 80°50′07″E / 26.585593°N 80.83518°E[1] | |
Country India | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Unnao |
Area | |
• Total | 3.375 km2 (1.303 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 3,709 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | UP-35 |
Asoha is a village in Purwa tehsil of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located about 16 km north of Purwa, the tehsil headquarters, and 51 km east of Unnao, the district headquarters.[3] The main crops grown here are wheat, barley, gram, juwar, paddy, and pulses, and irrigation is provided by a canal as well as by tanks.[3] The soil here is mostly clay.[4] As of 2011, the population of Asoha is 3,709, in 856 households.[2]
Asoha is the headquarters of a community development block, which was first inaugurated on 1 July 1956 in order to oversee implementation of India's Five-Year Plans at a local and rural level.[3] As of 2011, the block comprises 122 rural villages (including Asoha itself), with a total population of 153,798 people in 30,885 households.[2] Asoha is also the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat.[3]
History[]
According to , the name "Asoha" is derived from that of Ashwatthama, the figure in the Mahabharata, who is said to have rested here for a time after the murder of Draupadi's children.[4] Asoha was historically the seat of a pargana, which is first attested during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar in the late 16th century.[4] At the turn of the 20th century, Asoha had five temples, a police station, a cattle pound, and a primary school, as well as "unusually extensive" groves of mango and mahua trees.[4]
The 1961 census recorded Asoha as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 1,868 (981 male and 887 female), in 304 households and 286 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 861 acres.[5] It had a police force of 1 sub-inspector, 1 head constable, and 13 constables at the time.[5]
Culture[]
A legendary figure named Astik is worshipped in Asoha.[3] He is said to have been born during the Dvapara Yuga period,[4] and that at the time of the great Sarpa Satra performed by Janamejaya, Astik received a boon from the serpent Takshak, who promised him that men bitten by snakes would recover if they took his name.[3]
Villages[]
Asoha CD block has the following 122 villages:[2]
Village name | Total land area (hectares) | Population (in 2011) |
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54.8 | 300 | |
125.5 | 735 | |
894.5 | 6,211 | |
149.4 | 890 | |
Keoni | 182 | 653 |
144.7 | 276 | |
400.2 | 1,475 | |
Beekamau | 216.8 | 1,235 |
118.6 | 769 | |
Kantha | 2,155.1 | 9,973 |
227.4 | 871 | |
151.9 | 1,195 | |
198 | 1,013 | |
32.9 | 0 | |
114.6 | 523 | |
79.7 | 566 | |
Nimaicha | 115.9 | 607 |
205.7 | 488 | |
88.3 | 376 | |
Asoha (block headquarters) | 337.5 | 3,709 |
459 | 3,054 | |
67.9 | 555 | |
202.6 | 881 | |
487.5 | 1,199 | |
209.7 | 107 | |
Harnam Khera | 252.9 | 347 |
257.9 | 882 | |
72.5 | 638 | |
140.2 | 892 | |
41.3 | 540 | |
Gaddipur | 63.7 | 33 |
88.5 | 814 | |
75.2 | 627 | |
160.6 | 1,037 | |
164.6 | 1,269 | |
209.9 | 1,597 | |
Chilauli | 217.8 | 1,165 |
170.8 | 946 | |
63.5 | 305 | |
70.1 | 366 | |
102.8 | 330 | |
163.8 | 798 | |
325.2 | 2,388 | |
Majharia | 142.5 | 1,096 |
Chaupai | 533.6 | 2,548 |
163.3 | 1,227 | |
352.6 | 1,980 | |
Utraura | 240.4 | 1,281 |
451.4 | 3,004 | |
87.1 | 0 | |
Soho | 64 | 1,675 |
Pahasa | 378 | 1,355 |
140.4 | 975 | |
406.9 | 969 | |
147.8 | 1,562 | |
Kalu Khera | 101 | 1,888 |
228.1 | 2,177 | |
99.6 | 0 | |
Rampur | 330.6 | 1,432 |
71.2 | 394 | |
Kanchanpur | 270 | 1,793 |
228.1 | 1,216 | |
Anwarpur | 119.6 | 707 |
146.5 | 665 | |
Sarwan | 795.5 | 3,824 |
302.2 | 894 | |
152.2 | 749 | |
Sarwara | 129.9 | 715 |
176.6 | 1,125 | |
Samadha | 856.9 | 3,681 |
76.8 | 712 | |
200.5 | 1,157 | |
183.6 | 693 | |
147.7 | 961 | |
135.9 | 689 | |
475.5 | 2,342 | |
119.5 | 818 | |
Pipri | 224.8 | 1,777 |
Darsawan | 473.7 | 3,074 |
Daun | 714.6 | 2,743 |
Asawar | 510.1 | 3,080 |
Zorawar Ganj | 514.2 | 2,553 |
Jhakwasa | 93.3 | 1,065 |
64.7 | 308 | |
283.8 | 714 | |
142.4 | 750 | |
170.9 | 1,070 | |
66.7 | 403 | |
101.8 | 720 | |
90.5 | 617 | |
137.5 | 1,373 | |
251.9 | 811 | |
246.6 | 1,254 | |
203.4 | 1,033 | |
266.9 | 762 | |
115.2 | 900 | |
312.2 | 1,802 | |
141 | 973 | |
Mirri Khurd | 166.2 | 589 |
Mirri Kalan | 627.1 | 5,622 |
63.5 | 448 | |
395 | 2,212 | |
251.6 | 685 | |
161.3 | 954 | |
241.8 | 657 | |
171.3 | 759 | |
Dhaurhara[disambiguation needed] | 147.7 | 787 |
114.6 | 370 | |
232.1 | 1,449 | |
Rashidpur[disambiguation needed] | 100.3 | 785 |
144.2 | 586 | |
116.8 | 594 | |
68.7 | 364 | |
199.5 | 1,423 | |
243.4 | 787 | |
46.8 | 284 | |
220.7 | 1,329 | |
74.6 | 1,470 | |
311.2 | 317 | |
267.9 | 3,212 | |
202.3 | 949 | |
78 | 445 |
References[]
- ^ Search for "Asoha" here https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ a b c d e f "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Unnao, Part A (Village and Town Directory)". Census 2011 India. pp. 323–47. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Baghel, Amar Singh (1979). Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Unnao. Rampur: Government Press. pp. 150–2, 252. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Nevill, H.R. (1903). Unao: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXVIII Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 147–50. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (37 - Unnao District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. 127, xcvi-xcvii of section "Purwa Tehsil". Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- Villages in Unnao district
- Community development blocks in India