Gorasara

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gorasara
| native_name = Gorasara
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| settlement_type = village
| image_skyline = Gorasara Kamsar.jpeg
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ghazipur district|Ghazipur]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date = {{start date and age|1655}}
| founder = Zamindar Bhikham Khan alias Feqan Khan
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| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
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| population_total = 4684
| population_as_of = 2011
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'''Gorasara''' गोरसरा is a village in [[Dildarnagar Kamsar|Kamsaar]] in the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Bhulekh|url=http://upbhulekh.gov.in/public/public_ror/Public_ROR.jsp|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

Gorasara village was established by Zamindar Bhikham Khan Urf Feqan khan in 1650 AD, who was the grandson of Sarkar Diwan Kutlu Khan Zamindar Jagirdar Taluka Sewarai. Kutlu Khan was a great-grandson of Narhar Khan, founder of [[Dildarnagar Kamsar]].

According to some old records and sources in the village, [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] minister came to this place during the rule of the Mughal emperor [[Shah Jahan|Shahjahan]] rule and witnessed that all the people living in the village had white skin, which led to its name Goresara, A village of white people, later during the [[British Raj|British rule]] due to wrong pronunciation the name was changed to Goresara. As of [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]] the main population of the village lived in an area of 87.5 acres of land with 637 households.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Bhulekh|url=http://upbhulekh.gov.in/public/public_ror/Public_ROR.jsp|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

==Agriculture==
[[File:Gorasara Farms.jpeg|alt=|thumb|Farms in Gorasara]]
The soil of the village is rich in [[Mineral|minerals]].<ref>http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/893/1/20460_1951_GHA.pdf</ref> The water level of the village is not more than 100 feet deep. The village land extends to the banks of [[Karmanasa River|Karmansa river]]. As of the 2011 census, the area of the village is 983.38 acres. Mango and other tree farms cover 162 acres of land and ponds cover 18 acres, with the rest of the land dedicated to other crop production. Many types of crops that grow in the nearby [[Ghazipur]] and [[Buxar]] districts are grown in the village.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Evolution and Spatial organisation of clan settlements in middle ganga valley.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxDWbsztdVQC&q=Kamsar|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
[[File:Gorasara sunflower farm.jpeg|alt=|thumb|Image of a [[Helianthus|sunflower]] farm in Gorasara]]
[[File:Gorasara Rose flower Farms.jpeg|alt=|thumb|Image of a [[rose]] farm in Gorasara. ]]
Gorsarsa has been known for its [[Helianthus|sunflower]] farming for more than 300 years. During the summer, sunflowers are planted on a large scale in the village, usually on more than 500 acres of land. Flowers are sent to other [[City|cities]], [[States and union territories of India|states]] and countries. Sunflowers were used to make [[sunflower oil]] in the village during the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] and British rule eras. [[Rose]] farming is also done on a large scale. The village is known for its rose plantation done every year. The rose plantation is mainly done to make [[Rose water]]. Rosewater is very famous in the [[Ghazipur district|Ghazipur District]] and [[Rose]] plationton is done on a large scale in [[Dildarnagar Kamsar|Kamsaar]] and [[Ghazipur]]. Every year various [[breeds]] of sunflower and rose are planted on a large scale in the village.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Ghazipur Gazatteer|url=https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/37271|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

==Plantation==
When Goarasar village was established by Bhikham Khan alias Feqan Khan his son name as Zamindar Fateh Bahadur Khan build a large orchard in the village which was named Hazara Bagh or Hazar Pedh Bagh. The orchard built by Fateh Bahadur Khan was spread over an area of 300 [[Bigha]] and had more than 9100 trees. Now the orchard is small with an area of almost 120 [[Bigha]] and is owned by the family of Fateh Bahadur Khan as of 2015.<ref name=":0" />

==Infrastructure==
As of 2011, the village had four [[mosque]]s, three [[temple]]s, two [[school]]s, three [[madrasa]], one [[post office]] and many shops. [[Basheer Khan Girl's Degree College|Basheer khan mahila Mahavidyalaya]] is the nearest [[degree college]] to Gorasara, which is 5.8 kilometers away. Other area degree colleges include [[SKBM Degree College|S.K.B.M degree college]], which is 8.1 kilometers away, and [[Maa khamakya degree college]], which is 13 kilometers away.

== [[Languages of India|Language]] ==
[[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] is the local language.{{Dildarnagar Kamsar}}

==Histrorical Population==
{{IndiaCensusPop
|title= Population Growth of Dildarnagar Kamsar
|1861=1205
|1871=1446
|1881=1807
|1891=2170
|1901=2495
|1911=2994
|1921=3743
|1931=4117
|1941=4325
|1951=4303
|1961=4098
|1971=3884
|1981=4200
|1991=4372
|2001=4500
|2011=4684
|footnote= Source:[[Census of India]]<ref name="Census data">{{cite web|url=http://mospi.gov.in/comenv2000tab7.2.11.htm |title=Census of India |publisher=mospi.gov.in |access-date=23 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813081037/http://mospi.gov.in/comenv2000tab7.2.11.htm |archive-date=13 August 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=2011 census of India.|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/}}</ref><ref name="censusindia1">{{cite web|url=http://www.populstat.info/Asia/indiat.htm|title=Historical Census of India|access-date=5 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217053707/http://www.populstat.info/Asia/indiat.htm|archive-date=17 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Dildarnagar Fatehpur]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Ghazipur district]]
[[Category:Towns and villages in Kamsar]]
[[Category:Villages in Ghazipur district]]

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