Nawabganj, Barabanki


Nawabganj is a city in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a tehsil and nagar palika for Barabanki town. It is one of the constituent entities of Barabanki city, which is District HQ of Barabanki district.

History

Nawabganj has been known as such since the Nawabi.

Battle of Nawabganj

Battle of Nawabganj was a conflict between rebel sepoys, troops of Oudh State and local Taluqdars and troops of East India Company from 12 to 14 June 1857 during Indian Mutiny.
During the Sepoy war of 1857–1858 the whole of the Bara Banki taluqdars joined the mutineers, but offered no serious resistance after the capture of Lucknow. In the battle of Nawabganj in 1857 at Nawabganj Sir Hope Grant defeated the revolutionaries. Raja Balbhadra Singh Chehlari along with other 1000 revolutionaries were killed in action while fighting British at Obri around 2 km from Barabanki on the confluence of riverlets Rait and Jamuria.

British Rule

During the British rule Nawabganj headquarters of tehsil and pargana of same name. Area of Nawabganj Pargana around 1878 was 79 square miles and it was bounded in North by Ramnagar and Fatehpur, on the east by Daryabad, on the west by Dewa, and on south by Partabganj. Out of 77 villages, 44 were taluqdari and 33 Mufrad. Out of 44 taluqdari villages 25 were held by Jahngirabad Estate, the rest were divided between several neighbouring estates. Nawabganj contained village of Bara Banki which had civil railway station having junction on Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.

Geography

Nawabganj is located at. It has an average elevation of 93 metres.

Demographics

India census, Nawabganj had a population of 75,087. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nawabganj has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 62%. In Nawabganj, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Administration

Tehsil Nawabganj

Nawabganj has 4 Block panchayats, they are:
  1. Banki
  2. Dewa
  3. Harakh
  4. Masauli

    Municipal Board Nawabganj

The Nawabganj Municipal Board was constituted on 16 July 1884, under the North-Western provinces and Oudh Municipalities Act, 1883. According to census of 2001 Nagar Palika Parishad Nawabganj covers an area of 12 km² with population of 75,741. It consists of seven sections for providing civic amenities to its citizens, they are:
  1. Revenue Section
  2. Public Works Section
  3. Health & Sanitation Section
  4. Water Works
  5. Street Light
  6. Nazul
  7. Accounts, Establishment & Records
Nagar Palika Parishad Nawabganj has 25 wards. They are:
Ward No.NamePopulation
1Gandhi Nagar3148
2Valmiki Nagar5309
3Peer Batawan Saravgi1913
4Begumganj Saravgi3060
5Kanoongoyan Poorvi3000
6Poorvi Peerbatawan3180
7Police Line2259
8Lajpat Nagar2216
9Gularia Gaarda2782
10Azad Nagar3208
11Kanoongoyan2574
12Tehsil Colony2948
13Katra Baradari2969
14Satypremi Nagar2103
15Kailash Ashram3412
16Durgapuri3788
17Nehru Nagar2680
18Munshiganj1882
19Bheetri Peerbatawan4526
20Barhiyan Tola3174
21Barhiyan Pashchimi3253
22Dushehrabagh4603
23Bheetri Poorvi3424
24Saravgi1489
25Rasoolpur2591

Health infrastructure

Tehsil Nawabganj has following health infrastructure: