Shahabad is a city nearby Hardoi city and a municipal board in Hardoi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. At one point of time, it was counted among the few biggest cities of Oudh, but declined rapidly in the later years and reduced to a town. It is the site of the tomb of Diler Khan, a governor in the time of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb.

As of 2011, the population of Shahabad is 80,226, in 13,958 households. It is the seat of a tehsil and a community development block. Important local industries include carpet weaving, building materials, and dairy products.

History

According to a tradition recorded by Joseph Tiefenthaler in the 1700s, Shahabad occupied the site of a former village called Angadpur, after its founder Angad, the nephew of Rama. Modern Shahabad was founded in 1677 by one Nawab Diler Khan, a Pathan officer in the Mughal army, who had been sent to quell an uprising in Shahjahanpur. He overthrew the Pande Parwars of Angni Khera (which, according to H.R. Nevill, is probably the correct form of Tiefenthaler's "Angadpur") and was in turn granted their territory as a jagir, upon which he then founded Shahabad.

Diler Khan populated the new city of Shahabad with fellow Pathan kinsmen and soldiers, and many of the neighbourhoods of the city today bear the names of his followers. He built a brick palace at the centre of town, called the Bari Deorhi, which Tiefenthaler described upon his visit in 1770 as being "strengthened by towers like a fortress, with a vestibule and a covered colonnade." The palace no longer exists, although the two grand gateways are still standing. Diler Khan also built the city's jama masjid (congregational mosque) as well as his own mausoleum. Both of them are built out of dressed kankar blocks. The mausoleum's upper story contains bands of florid decoration in red stone, a style common to architecture of that period which can also be seen in the complex surrounding the Taj Mahal in Agra. He also built a grand pond near the mausoleum, known as Narbada.

Shahabad declined rapidly during the late 1700s, as Mughal power waned and was replaced in this region by the Nawabs of Awadh. Already by 1799, William Tennant described it as being in ruins. In 1824, Reginald Heber, Bishop of Calcutta, traveled to Shahabad and described it as a "considerable town or almost city with the remains of fortifications and many large houses."Nevill, H.R. ed., Hardoi - A Gazetteer, 1904, Govt. Press United Provinces, pp. 266-274

The descendants of Nawab Diler Khan Daudzai also moved to a nearby area which under the zamindari and named this place as Wazirabad which is now known as village HARRAI, comes under Tehsil Shahbad, District Hardoi.

Geography Shahabad is located at .Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - shadab It has an average elevation of 143 metres (469 feet).

Demographics As of 2011 Indian Census, Shahabad had a total population of 80,226, of which 42,635 were males and 37,591 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 11,102. The total number of literates in Shahabad was 44,078, which constituted 54.9% of the population with male literacy of 60.6% and female literacy of 48.5%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Shahabad was 63.8%, of which male literacy rate was 70.3% and female literacy rate was 56.3%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 6,558 and 9 respectively. Shahabad had 13958 households in 2011.

Villages Shahabad CD block has the following 170 villages:

Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011) Fatteypur Viran 40.4 0 Akhtiyarpur 42.4 0 Harrai 303.5 2,997 Ghurha 94.1 1,009 Agapur 161.3 1,557 Sardar 153.2 657 Jatpura 125.2 1,000 Gauriya 147.7 683 Hasnapur 199.2 1,438 Baripur 172.4 1,016 Kachoora 104.8 813 Aigawan 215.2 3,133 Nabipur 75.7 1,345 Nagla Bhag 69.7 482 Garheypur 214 1,379 Naseerpur 112.2 299 Udhranpur 629.7 5,021 Behta Kola 104.1 516 Purwa Pipariya 139.8 1,854 Piparia Purwa Pansala 48.9 0 Parial 163.5 1,461 Pariyal Pansala 132.9 0 Puranpur 93.8 0 Kalayara Pansala 63.2 0 Kala Gara 168.1 1,990 Umariya Dhani Pansala 28.2 0 Umariya Dhani 41.2 488 Firoozpur Khurd 140.2 1,177 Hiroli Kutub Nagar 255.2 1,857 Chiraiyan 127.4 0 Khulkipur 35.9 126 Chak Pihani 85.9 0 Jogipur 143 1 Birauri 273.7 1,491 Birauri Pansala 69.1 538 Narhai 325.8 2,462 Jhothupur 246 2,626 Jhuthupur Pansala 137.6 0 Newada 37.4 776 Basat Nagar Pansala 620 0 Basat Nagar 358 3,679 Bhadasi 168.6 1,629 Baburhai 119.8 563 Manikapur Bamiyari 260.6 1,231 Bhoora 177 609 Naya Gaon 106.4 597 Shahabad Dehat 1485.7 2,280 Karmullapur 92.8 0 Mishripur 113.2 857 Nagla Ganesh 266 1,494 Daulatpur Gangadas 72 865 Sikandarpur Kallu 331 2,630 Naurozpur 238.6 611 Kakrahai 0 0 Dayapur Bikku 198.6 1,958 Nagla Kallu 284.7 1,100 Mithnapur 92.3 1,426 Hathelia 74.6 0 Sharma 362.9 2,822 Fattepur Sheogulam 63.3 539 Jharsa Kesari 93.1 527 Pasigavan 125.9 1,070 Miyanpur 150.4 1,153 Husainapur Dhaukal 146.1 638 Saadat Nagar 261.4 2,871 Mainpur 68.4 0 Behra Rasoolpur 147.3 1,336 Paneora Ballia 402.6 2,073 Asgarpur 143.7 1,175 Sharah 246.2 628 Garhichand Khan 40.7 1,496 Mirpur Gannu 186 582 Kakar Ghata 141.8 2,323 Bilhari 196.1 1,272 Mangali Ganj 67.2 0 Nagla Lothu 284.2 2,144 Rampur Hirdai 129.3 1,494 Mangiawan 432.3 2,599 Hunseypur Lukman 263.7 1,906 Khwagjipur 122.3 638 Kodra Saraiya 306.3 2,106 Sahora 182.3 1,284 Lalpur 154.8 1,040 Manglipur 214.4 1,487 Tader 315.9 2,088 Kuiyan 122.2 822 Ghurhai 110.9 352 Agampur 550.8 2,660 Perhatha 276.2 1,284 Daulatiapur 191.4 1,220 Firoozpur Kalan 108 580 Kauharia 103 435 Sarai Kamaluddinpur 145.3 999 Kilkili 111.1 1,185 Pherwa 192.4 478 Hardaspur 159.7 649 Bari 118.8 743 Hajipur 57.7 323 Ganuapur 193.8 432 Singulapur 41.7 707 Singulapur Pansala 58.5 150 Rahi 150 277 Surapur 109.8 755 Surajpur Pansala 24.1 0 Gauhania 159.1 846 Gahora 378.1 2,645 Gujidei 125.3 1,491 Gujidai Pansala 11.6 0 Damgarha 85.6 117 Pareli 542 2,842 Piprola 180.8 399 Paharpur 68.4 572 Feerojpur Pansala 26.3 424 Atarjee Sisala 190.6 2,726 Atarjee Panchsala 376.2 0 Gopalpur 112.9 1,155 Gutka Mau Pansala 171.5 0 Gutka Mau 102.1 1,586 Khempur 141.6 561 Narsiya Mau 474.4 1,499 Sikandarpur Narkatra 638.7 3,074 Abdullapur 131.6 1,173 Sidhauli 261.9 1,194 Jasmai Kharona 685.2 1,666 Chandu Pur Khairai 642.1 2,666 Dariyapur Balbhadra 170.8 1,074 Jamalpur 155.8 695 Rasoolpur 133.7 599 Kachheliya 204 3,074 Kewalpur 133.3 847 Kachhelia Pansala 68.8 0 Khanupur 327.2 3,124 Baijoopur 100.2 1,234 Ali Hajipur 82.7 761 Shanarpur Pansala 34.4 0 Shankarpur 259.2 983 Mahamdapur 190.6 342 Palthua 211.5 918 Fattepur 40.4 283 Khanigawan Khurd 304.8 906 Biruapur 624.4 498 Khanigawan Kalan 132.6 920 Dariyapur 145.2 0 Barkhera 178.6 594 Nagla Khanpur 187.8 1,574 Thhehapur 140.3 1,057 Bihgawan 208.9 1,278 Bihgawan Pansala 7.5 0 Shahpur 202.2 1,595 Nau Nagla 206.6 701 Dhiarai 271.5 852 Isey Pur 112.6 268 Dalel Nagar 544.7 2,670 Rampur Hamza 479.2 2,143 Nasauli Gopal 195.6 3,438 Nasauligopaa Pansala 226.4 0 Gulraha 67 459 Raipur 142.4 945 Nasauli Damar 591 3,412 Fadnapur 140.7 647 Sakrauli Pansala 228.8 0 Sakrauli 224.4 2,062 Boota Mau 220.9 1,608 Boota Mau Pansala 56.6 0 Bakaura 199.3 842 Asalapur 175.8 1,359 Naga Mau 134.4 445 Naga Mau Pansala 45.7 0

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