45-398: Barabanki district is one of the five districts of Ayodhya division in the central Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh , India . Barabanki city is the administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. Total area of Barabanki district is 3891.5 Sq. km. It has a population of 2,673,581, with a population density of 686.50 per square kilometre (1,778.0/sq mi). Barabanki district
90-563: A discharge of 1,459 cubic metres per second (51,540 cu ft/s). In typical monsoons, the maximum discharge is about three-quarters of this. The river is crossed by a railway bridge with six spans of 18 metres (60 ft). The Jamuriha and Reth, both in the Nawabganj tehsil, are the only other notable streams in this district. Their general characteristics are the same: they have significant flows during rains which have carved steep and rugged banks broken by innumerable ravines. They flow into
135-418: A population density of 740 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,900/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 26.40%. Barabanki had a sex ratio of 887 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 61.75%. Only 10.15% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes made up 26.51% of the population. Hinduism is the largest religion. Islam is a large minority, and
180-716: Is 14 cubic metres per second (500 cu ft/s). Its water is at a lower level than the Ghagra, and it is not used for irrigation. At the junction of the Kalyani, the Ghagra is only 92 metres (301 ft) above sea level. The Kalyani River rises in the Fatehpur tahsil, and empties into the Gomti near the village of Anarpatti. In the rains of 1872, the Kalyani presented a vast volume of water – 82 metres (269 ft) broad and 103 metres (337 ft) deep – rushing at 9.24 km/h (5.74 mph) with
225-405: Is 775±25 calendar years. There are a number of legends about this tree which have popular acceptance. One being that Arjun brought this tree from heavens and Kunti used to offer and crown Lord Shiva with its flowers. Another saying being, that Lord Krishna brought this tree for his beloved queen Satyabhama or Rukmini . Historically, though these saying may have some bearing or not, but it
270-512: Is considered sacred to Hindus. Located near the Kunteshwar Mahadeva temple (established by Kunti ), the tree is said to grow from Kunti's ashes. The tree is very old, though its age has not been scientifically determined. Before 1000 AD, Jas, a raja of the Bhar tribe, is said to have founded the locality of Jasnaul which later became Barabanki. Muslim Infiltration was first tried in what is now
315-496: Is divided into six subdivisions, popularly known as tehsils : Nawabganj , Fatehpur , Ramsanehi Ghat , Haidergarh , Ram Nagar and Sirauli Ghauspur . The District Revenue Administration is headed by the District Collector (also known as District Magistrate), with the office at the collectorate, and these tehsils are under the charge of sub-divisional magistrates. District-level developmental activities are coordinated by
360-468: Is in equal proportions with Hinduism in urban areas. Languages of Barabanki district (2011) At the time of the 2011 Census of India , 91.54% of the district population spoke Hindi (or a related language), 6.16% Urdu and 2.11% Awadhi as their first language. One of the many languages spoken in the district is Awadhi , a vernacular in the Hindi continuum spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in
405-555: Is removed to replenishing cultivated land, though such efforts are complicated by conflicting rights to the tanks. Some of the jheels are navigable by small boats for sport or pleasure. The finest jheel in this district, that named Bhagghar, is situated in the Suratganj; it covers less than 5.2 km (2 sq mi) There is another in Dewa, covering about 13 km (5 sq mi) with water and marsh. Parva, Nardahi, and Ganhari Jheel are
450-563: Is situated between 27°19′ and 26°30′ north latitude, and 80°05′ and 81°51′ east longitude; it runs in a south-easterly direction, confined by the nearly parallel streams of the Ghaghara and Gomti . The extreme length of the district from east to west may be taken at 92 km (57 mi), and the extreme breadth at 93 km (58 mi); the total area is about 3,900 km (1,504 sq mi). It borders seven other districts of Uttar Pradesh. With its most northern point it shares borders with
495-514: Is traversed by two lines of the Northern Railway and North-Eastern Railway, with branches having total length of 131 km (81 mi). The district roadways include connections to National Highway 28 , state highways and various link roads. The area was once known as Jasnaul, from Jas , a Raja of the Bhar tribe, who is said to have founded it before 1000 AD. Following the Muslim conquest ,
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#1733086144661540-530: Is true that this tree is from a very ancient background. According to the Harivansh Puraan the Parijaat Tree is a Kalpavriksha , or wish bearing tree, which, apart from this tree, is only found in heaven. Newly-weds visit the tree for blessings, and every Tuesday a fair is held where local people worship the tree. In Sikhism's Sukhmani Sahib the tree is mentioned "PaarJaat Eh Har Ko Naam The name of Lord
585-642: The Awadh region of India. Barabanki is one of the five constituent districts of Faizabad Division . The other districts being Ayodhya , Sultanpur , Amethi and Ambedkar Nagar . The division is headed by the divisional commissioner. As of 2003–04, the district contained 7 tehsils , 17 blocks , 154 nyaya panchayat and 1,140 gram sabhas . As per 1991 data, there were 1,812 inhabited villages and 31 inhabited villages. In 2001, there were 14 towns and cities, 2 nagar palika parishads , 1 cantonment area, 10 nagar panchayats and 1 census town. Barabanki District
630-537: The Indian Rebellion of 1857 , the whole of the Barabanki talukdars joined the mutineers, but offered no serious resistance following the capture of Lucknow . Barabanki district stretches out in a level plain interspersed with numerous lakes and marshes. In the upper part of the district the soil is sandy, while in the lower part it is clay and produces finer crops. The district is fed by the rivers Ghaghra (forming
675-589: The Sitapur district , while its north-eastern boundary is defined by the Ghagra, beyond which lie the districts of Bahraich district and Gonda district . Its eastern border is shared with Ayodhya district , and the Gomti forms a natural boundary to the south, dividing it from the Amethi district . On the west, it adjoins the Lucknow district . In 1856, the district came, with the rest of Oudh State , under British rule . During
720-592: The Bais. The isolated Suryavanshi estate of Haraha and the Sombanshi Bahrelia estate of Surajpur were established by small colonies of Kshatriya foot-steps soldiers. During Akbar 's reign, the district was divided under the sirkars of Oudh, Lucknow and Manikpur. Ain-i-Akbari mentions the following parganas (administrative units) during the reign of the Akbar: Newal Rae, the naib of wazir Safdar Jang ,
765-478: The Barabanki district from the districts of Bahraich and Gonda. It flows in a south-easterly direction past Ayodhya, and empties into the Ganges at Arrah. This river is navigable for flat-bottomed steamers as far as Bahramghat, and is used by country boats in considerable numbers between Bahramghat and Sarun district. The principal ferries are at Kaithi, Kamiar, and Paska Ghat; a floating bridge operates at Bahramghat during
810-787: The Chief Development Officer whose office is at the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) at the collectorate. The district-level offices for monitoring the developmental activities of Blocks at Barabanki are located at Vikas Bhawan. Block development officers, who head each of the 15 development blocks of the district, carry out the development schemes on behalf of the government. The development blocks are: Banki , Masauli, Dewa , Harakh, Fatehpur, Haidergarh, Dariyabad, Suratganj , Siddhaur, Pure Dalai, Nindura, Trivediganj, Ram Nagar, Sirauli Ghauspur and Banikodar. Districts of Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ,
855-426: The Ghagra, it runs in a south-easterly direction, has a well-defined bank and a stream which is fordable in the dry weather, when it is about 37 m (120 ft) wide. The circuitous course of the Gomti covers 169 km (105 mi) though the direct distance is half that distance. It is therefore not very efficient for transportation, though there is considerable traffic by country boats. Its dry weather discharge
900-741: The Ghagra. The wars had by then shifted to fighting between Muslim princes, with Hindu soldiers employed. The battleground was the Oudh borderland between Sharqis of Jaunpur (where Ibrahim Shah Shargi reigned) and the Lodis of Delhi. Dariab Khan settled Hindu soldiers as garrisons. Oudh clans, said to have emigrated from Gujarat, included the Kalhans, the Ahban, the Pan war, the Gahlot, the Gaur, and
945-472: The Gomti. Haidergarh , Deviganj, Choury and Alapur are settlements on the Reth, while Jamuriha passes through Barabanki city (Barabanki revenue village on one side and Nawabganj Tehsil hq on other). There are numerous tanks and jheels, especially in the tehsils of Daryabad, Ram Sanehi Ghat, and Nawabganj. Seven per cent of the area is covered with water; many of the tanks are in course of being deepened, earth
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#1733086144661990-418: The Kalyani, on the road to Lucknow. The Balrampur raja was killed and some 15,000 were killed or wounded on both sides. The Khanzadas then rose to power. The Raikwars were proportionately depressed; the estates of both Baundi and Ramnagar were divided, and but a few villages left with the raja. The process of agglomeration commenced again c. 1816 , on the death of Saadat Ali Khan II . In 1856,
1035-527: The Khilafat movement, the district participated in the growing movement against foreign fabrics, etc. On 26 October 1942, Brij Bahadur and Hans Raj ( a.k.a. Sardar) planted a bomb in a police outpost at Barabanki, known as Barabanki Outpost Bomb Case. Barabanki district is for the most part flat agricultural lands studded with groves. The most elevated point is about 130 metres (430 ft) above sea level, and there are few points of view from which any expanse of
1080-482: The Ramnagar raja had recovered the family estate and added to it, while his brother of Baundi had similarly added 172 villages to his domain. There were a total forty-three taluqa . The principal chiefs of Bara Banki during the last years of Nawabi were: Few other later important taluqas were: Unlike what occurred in the districts of Hardoi, Gonda, and Lucknow, the whole body of the taluqdars in this district joined
1125-465: The cause of the deposed king and the mutineers. They offered no resistance, however, of any moment to the advance of the British troops after the capture of Lucknow in the battle of Nawabganj. The Sadr station (district headquarters) was placed at annexation and also after the mutinies at Daryabad. However, due to the stagnation of water in the immediate vicinity of the town, and to the prevalence of fever,
1170-551: The cold season. The river's flood plains generally have fine crops of rice, but the water sometimes lies too long after the rains and rots them, and the spring crops cannot be sown. The river is not utilised for irrigation. Next in importance is the Gomti , which runs through the tahsil of Haidargarh and some portion of the tehsil Ram Sanehi Ghat, and separates the Bara Banki district from the districts of Lucknow, Sultanpur and Faizabad. Like
1215-501: The countryside can be surveyed. In the north, the topography is broken by a 6.1-metre (20 ft) ridge running parallel to the Ghaghra at a distance of 1.6 to 4.8 km (1 to 3 mi), which is said to indicate the former right bank of this river. These lands are undulating and richly wooded, while to the south there is a gentle slope down to the Gomti. The district is intersected at various parts by rugged ravines. The principal river in
1260-592: The district at Satrikh, in 1030 AD (421 AH ). The Muslim conquest saw Sihali attacked and its Hindu sovereign killed. Bhar-Pasi chief Raja Sohil Deo (or Sohel Dal) of Sahet-Mahet and Rathor monarch Sri Chandradeo of Kannauj fought a battle in Satrikh village of the district and drove out the Foreign Muslim Army in the Battle of Bahraich. In 1049 AD (441 AH), the kings of Kanauj and Manikpur were again attacked but
1305-456: The district headquarters, Barabanki , was named after Kunti , mother of the Pandavas . There are a number ancient temples and their remains around this place. Near a temple established by Kunti, is a special tree called Parijaat which is said to grow from Kunti's ashes. The radiocarbon date in 2019 of the oldest samples was 793±37 BP for the baobab of Kintoor. The corresponding calibrated age
1350-517: The district is the Ghaghra at a short distance from Bahramghat; it is formed by the Himalaya-fed rivers Chauka and Sarda, which meet in the Fatehpur tehsil. It is 2.4 to 3.2 km (1.5 to 2 mi) wide in the rainy season and about 0.80 km (0.5 mi) wide during the dry season, when the discharge is about 19,000 cubic feet per second (540 m/s). For 77 km (48 mi), the river divides
1395-441: The district was held by 43 talukdars ; there were also 5,397 village zemindars (landowners), and 1,354 under-proprietors. The talukas were as follows: In 1877, Barabanki was one of the three districts of the then Lucknow division. Its area was 4,580 km (1,768 sq mi) and population was 1,113,430. As per 1877 Gazetteer of the province of Oudh there were: In the struggle for independence from 1922 to 1934 during
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1440-438: The district was known as Daryabad district because its headquarters were at Daryabad , but in 1859 they were relocated to Barabanki. The name "Barabanki" was chosen for the district's official name over " Nawabganj ", then the more common name of the town, for two reasons: first, to avoid any possible confusion with other places called Nawabganj, and second, because the civil station was technically located outside of Nawabganj in
1485-520: The district. The Muslims first permanently settled in Oudh. Rudauli was occupied c. 700 AH , in the reign of Alla-ud-din Khilji, whose forces had destroyed nearly every remaining seat of Chhattri power. Rasulpur was conquered about 1350 AD. Daryabad was founded about 1444 AD by Dariab Khan Subahdar and his brother Fateh Khan colonised. Fatehpur. The villages of Barauli and Barai, near Rudauli, were occupied and became large estates until about
1530-432: The fertile land of India makes it rare. Also the age of the tree is still not determined, which makes it quite possible that the tree may have been planted by someone who used to travel between India and Africa. The tree needs international attention of scientists to find out more about it. The tree is also known as 'the tree from paradise' due to its mythological significance. Kintur, about 38 kilometres (24 mi) east of
1575-524: The foreigners were defeated and driven away from Oudh . The Muslim invasion was not successful in Bara Banki as elsewhere. After, Tarain 1192, Moslems again attacked this region and Ayodhya but were not very successful till the reign of Khiljis and Firoz Tuglaq.The foreigners followed a policy of religious persecution and conversions. They also settled many foreigners and gave them fertile tracts in Ramnagar, Daryabad, Zaidpur, Rudauli areas. From 1350 to about 1750 AD, Muslim immigrants settled in great number in
1620-656: The headquarters was moved in 1859 to Nawabganj, Bara Banki. During 1869 census of Oudh, thirteen large towns or kasbahs were identified in the district: Nawabgunj, Musauli, Rasauli, Satrikh, Zaidpur, Sidhaur, Dariabad, Ichaulia, Rudauli, Ram Nagar, Bado Sarai, Kintoor and Fatehpur. The census also noted the following were tahsils and parganas : In 1870, before the addition of two parganas from Lucknow (i.e. Kursi & Dewa) and one pargana each from Rae Bareli and Sultanpur (i.e. Haidergarh and Subeha, respectively), Bara Banki district had area of 3,330 km (1,285 sq mi) and had following subdivisions: In 1871 about half
1665-541: The lands were divided into twelve, with the new owners quarrelling so incessantly that they were called the Barah Banke , or twelve quarrelsome men. Banka , in Awadhi , means a bully or brave. Others derive the name from ban , meaning wood or jungle, and interpret Barabanki as the twelve shares of jungle. The current Barabanki district was first established by the British upon their annexation of Oudh State in 1856. Originally,
1710-672: The leadership of Raja Anup Singh of Ramnagar Dhameri, the Janwar of Balrampur, the Bisens of Gonda, and numerous other lords. The forces assembled for an attack on Lucknow , whose troops had gone into Rohilkhand. The Shekhzadas of Lucknow came out to meet the enemy, joined by the Khanziidas of Mahmudabad and Bilahra, who were connected with them by marriage. The Musalmans, headed by Nawab Muizz-ud-din Khan of Mahmudabad, were victorious in battle at Chheola Ghat on
1755-513: The major wetlands. This doab is a fertile area of about 146,526 ha (362,070 acres). It is bounded by the Kalyani river to the north, the Gomti river and its tributary to the south, the Sarda Sahayak feeder channel to the west, and the confluence of the Gomti and Kalyani rivers to the east. According to the 2011 census , Barabanki district had a population of 3,260,699. It then ranked 107th out of India's 640 districts ). The district had
1800-464: The middle of the fifteenth century. Simultaneously, however, with this latter immigration of the Muslims, there was one of Chhattris. The mysterious tribe of Kalhans, which numbers some twenty thousand persons, are said to be descended from Achal Singh, who came in as a soldier of fortune with Dariab Khan about 1450 AD. Singh had large properties, with a possible capital at Bado Sarai on the old bank of
1845-454: The most populous state in India , has 75 districts. These districts, most of which have populations above 12 lakhs, are grouped into 18 divisions for administrative convenience. Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister and MLA from Aonla , Dharampal Singh demanded new Aonla District to be carved out of Bareilly District . Parijaat tree, Kintoor The Parijaat tree is a sacred baobab tree in
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1890-460: The northern boundary), Gomti (flowing through the middle of the district), Kalyani and Rait and their tributaries, for the major part of the year. Some rivers dry out in the summer, and become flooded during the rainy season. The changing course of the river Ghagra alters the land area of the district. The principal crops are rice, wheat, pulse and other food grains and sugarcane. Both of the bordering rivers of Barabanki are navigable. The district
1935-515: The small revenue village of Barabanki. Previously, under the Nawabs of Awadh , the area that would become Barabanki district was divided between five chaklas : Daryabad-Rudauli, Ramnagar, Dewa-Jahangirabad, Jagdispur, and Haidargarh. Barabanki district is mostly within what was the Pachhimrath division of the kingdom of Rama. Parijaat tree is a protected baobab tree in the village of Kintoor , and
1980-464: The village of Kintoor , near Barabanki , Uttar Pradesh , India , about which there are several legends . It is a protected tree situated in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, India. By the order of local district magistrate, any kind of damage to the tree is strictly prohibited. The tree is known as baobab in modern science which is originated in Sub-sahara Africa and hence its presence in
2025-677: Was defeated and killed at the Kali river by the Bangash Afghans of Farukhabad, who then overran the province except a few of the fortified towns. In 1749 AD, Jang with an army of 60,000 men was defeated. The Mughal authority might have been overthrown had the Oudh Chhattris revolted at this time, but they waited until Jang had bribed or beaten the Rohillas out of the country in 1750 AD (1164 AH). The tribes gathered themselves together under
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