Bangarmau is a tehsil and a municipal board in the Unnao district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located on high ground overlooking the left bank of the Kalyani River, about 50 km northwest of Unnao and 22 km northwest of Safipur. Roads fan out in all directions from Bangarmau, including the main Unnao-Hardoi road SH38 that passes through town. Major commodities produced here include wheat flour, rice, and pulses. As of 2011, the population of Bangarmau is 44,204, in 7,600 households.
Near Bangarmau is Sanchan Kot, where in 2009, an Archaeological Survey of India excavation unearthed a 2000-year-old Shiva temple.
History Bangarmau was the first Hindu settlement in the area of present-day Unnao district, dating back to around the year 1300. According to legend, the town was founded when a Hindu holy man named Rekkha Bangar attempted to take up residence near the town of Nawal, which was ruled by a Hindu raja named Nal. The raja refused and sent men to expel him by force, but Bangar laid a curse on them so that the raja and all his people died, and the town of Nawal was turned upside-down. The modern village of Nawal is built on top of its ruins, and old artifacts are still sometimes dug up.
Sayyid Ala-ud-Din then went on to found the city of Bangarmau, which is where he was buried after he died. A shrine was built over his grave, and it has an inscription dated to 702 AH, or 1302 CE. Ala-ud-Din's descendants remain custodians of the shrine, which at one point was "rich and famous" before declining by the turn of the 20th century.
Despite Bangarmau's Muslim origin and prominent shrine, though, it never became thoroughly Islamised, and the population remains mostly Hindu.
Bangarmau is referred to in the Baburnama, the autobiography of Babur, where Babur mentions that he camped near a lake situated in Bangarmau on 15 March 1528 and the following day left for Lucknow. Bangarmau belongs to the area under influence of a Sufi saint Madar Shah of the Madaria sect. Several villages named are after him situated around Bangarmau.
Bangarmau's population steadily declined during the second half of the 19th century.
At the turn of the 20th century, Bangarmau was described as a well-built town almost surrounded by extensive orchards; about half the houses were built with brick. It had 16 mosques and several Hindu temples, as well as a police station and a middle school with 120 students. The town held markets twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Saturdays; its commerce was helped by its advantageous location at a crossroads.
Demographics
Education Schools and colleges:
Indira Gandhi Rajkeeya Degree College Subhash Inter College St.Aloysius School Alampur Retwa, Bangarmau, Unnao. Rani Vidya Mandir School Bangarmau Unnao Bal Vidya Mandir School, Near Maa Hospital, Bangarmau Unnao Maya International School, Near Tehsil Pratima Inter College Bangarmau Unnao R.S. Inter College P.J.P Higher Secondary School (kasba tola Bangarmau Unnao) Shri Ram Public School for kids R.D.S Inter College New Katra Shri Durgeshvar Vidya Mandir Madrasa Ahle Sunnat Gousul Uloom Mukariyana K.D.S. Public School Bhatpuri New National Public School Purviya tola Bangarmau B.D.S.R. Inter College Radheshyam Nagar Kanpur Hardoi Bypass near Power House Bangarmau Indira Gandhi Government PG College Gautam Buddha Mahavidyalay (College), Ismailpur, Ambapara, Bangarmau
Villages Bangarmau CD block has the following 82 villages:
Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011) Mella Allm Saha Ahatmali 499.5 1,048 Mela Allm Saha Gair Ahatmali 205.4 2,214 Jagat Nagar Gair Ahatmali 104.6 880 Jagat Nagar Ahat Mali 78.7 1,199 Khairoodeen Pur 287.4 2,144 Katri Mahigawa 304.8 0 Katri Gaori 19.8 0 Katri Mohiuddeen Pur 21.6 0 Katri Akberpur Seng 841 1,936 Katri Gadanpur Ahar 627 1,588 Bahalolpur Kaher 148.8 0 Setuwahi 105.6 770 Sindhpur Beria Garha 350.6 3,081 Shahabajpur 145.3 888 Fareedpur Khar 413 1,542 Purahash 133.8 531 Tatia Pur 180.3 1,222 Sahasaray 159.7 972 Golhawa Pur 150.7 1,194 Chhatra Pur 251 1,567 Hasanpur Sagaora 95.5 991 Saepur Sagaora 296.1 2,215 Khoajgipur Hemma 122.5 599 Jamuniha Bahger 223 1,568 Madarnagar 357.6 4,582 Jirik Pur 483 3,133 Bhikhari Pur Kasba 348.3 2,051 Jagtapur 341.9 1,340 Murtaza Pur 243.1 2,230 Haibatpur 268 1,382 Naseerpur Bhikkhan 210.2 1,213 Newal 394.3 2,389 Rabdi 229.4 1,371 Lateefpur 535.7 2,458 Bagermao Rural 656.8 1,239 Chakmeerapur 81.4 564 Bhagwantpur Gote Pali 309 4,870 Nagwa 155.3 254 Umaria Bhagwantpur 164 404 Parasram Pur Ahatmali 88.6 0 Parasram Pur Gair Ahatmali 238.6 2,492 Jamar 438.7 1,690 Kamal Pur 229.2 1,372 Marha Pur 407.3 3,219 Chahlha 213.9 1,981 Malha Pur 250.7 1,556 Sakraoli 461.8 2,684 Palia 225.2 1,619 Chakpeer Nagar 65.7 1,166 Goara 51.7 733 Surseni 305.8 4,597 Mau 134.8 1,785 Allampur Retwa 150.8 813 Kesavepur 111.4 745 Bhikhari Pur Rural 176.3 2,156 Asat Mohioddeen Pur 298.4 2,675 Gaoria Khurd 43.3 297 Heera Pur 311.6 998 Bhariha Pur 90 2,302 Nevla Pur 334.5 1,866 Mustafabad 644.4 2,477 Hariapur 347.2 3,537 Aterdhani 391.4 4,769 Dandia Sunaora 543.5 1,657 Gondari 399.4 1,814 Utman Pur 236.4 982 Ganni Pur 203.8 805 Argu Pur 605.5 3,816 Tamoria Bujurg 281.5 1,798 Tamoria Khurd 217.2 1,119 Shadi Pur 1,069.3 7,390 Guljar Pur 359.5 3,835 Nawabad Garant 220.7 1,159 Gaoria Kalan 1,152.9 6,902 Sher Pur Kalan 481.2 2,935 Sikander Pur 113.4 502 Asrfabad 106.6 646 Dholwa 152.3 943 Pindna 242.4 1,601 Sadabad 239.1 1,368 Kanhao 172.2 1,235 Kursath Rural 1,914.5 13,484
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