Bawan

Bawan Bāwan
Populated place
Map showing Bawan (#003) in Bawan CD block
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Coordinates: 27°23′44″N 80°01′09″E / 27.395537°N 80.019089°E / 27.395537; 80.019089Coordinates: 27°23′44″N 80°01′09″E / 27.395537°N 80.019089°E / 27.395537; 80.019089[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Hardoi
Area [2]
• Total	9.928 km2 (3.833 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	13,524
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Bawan is a large^[3] village and corresponding community development block in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 10km^[4] west of Hardoi, on the south side of the road to and the .^[3] Bawan was historically the seat of a pargana since at least the time of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, and it is also the site of a mela held in honour of on the first Sunday of Bhadon, at a site called the Suraj Kund.^[3] The main staple crops here are wheat, rice,^[5] and gram.^[4] Markets are held on Mondays and Thursdays.^[4][5] As of 2011, the population of Bawan is 13,524, in 2,230 households.^[2]

History[]

According to tradition, Bawan was founded by a person named Rajpal before the reign of Rama in Ayodhya.^[3] It is said that later, the 11th-century Muslim folk hero Ghazi Sayyid Salar Masud sent a force from Kannauj to conquer Bawan, and that the Muslim soldiers who died in the ensuing battle were buried near the Suraj Kund.^[3] Another one of Salar Masud's companions, , is said to have fasted here for 40 days, and his shrine is still visited on Thursday evenings by people who leave sweetmeats and light small lamps in his memory.^[3]

At the turn of the 20th century, Bawan was described as a large village both in population and in physical area, with a population of 3,800 people as of the 1901 census.^[3] Of these, 1,021 were Muslim, while the main Hindu caste was the Brahmins.^[3] The Darshan Debi mela, which had previously been "of considerable importance", was still observed but its attendance was smaller than it had been in the past.^[3] The weekly veneration of Makhdum Abdul Qasim's shrine was also noted, with an attendance of about 200 people at the time.^[3] Bawan hosted a market twice per week at the time.^[3]

The 1961 census recorded Bawan as comprising 6 hamlets, with a total population of 4,993 (2,704 male and 2,289 female), in 968 households and 703 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 2,478 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Bawan as having a population of 7,384, in 1,306 households, and covering an area of 992.32 hectares.^[5]

Villages[]

Bawan CD block has the following 140 villages:^[2]

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