Malihabad

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| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Lucknow district|Lucknow]]
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'''Malihabad''' is a town and [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Lucknow district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Lucknow, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=28–67, 94–111, 278–292 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/UPA.html |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> It is also the seat of a [[tehsil]] and a [[community development block]] of the same name.<ref name="Census 2011"/> As of 2011, its population was 17,818, in 3,032 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> Dubbed the "[[mango]] capital of India" by the head of the [[Mango Growers Association of India]], [[Insram Ali]], Malihabad is the largest of Uttar Pradesh's 14 designated [[mango belts]] and accounted for 12.5% of all mango production in the state in 2013.<ref name="Paul">{{cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Satarupa |title=Malihabad: in the land of famous Dussehri mangoes |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/malihabad-in-the-land-of-famous-dussehri-mangoes/story-eK976k3RHWo4HSeLjTLrAL.html |access-date=13 March 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=2014}}</ref> Hundreds of mango varieties are grown here, including the [[Chausa]], [[Langda]], [[Safeda]], and most famously the [[Dasheri]], the "king of mangoes",<ref name="Paul"/> of which it is one of India's main producers and exporters.<ref name="Census 2011"/> Mango grower and [[Padma Shri]] recipient [[Kaleem Ullah Khan]] has contributed to the popularization of Malihabad's mango industry.<ref name="Paul"/>

Malihabad is also a centre of [[chikan (embroidery)|chikan]] embroidery work.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

Malihabad has two [[slum]] areas, called Joshin Tola (pop. 475) and Basti Dhanwant Rai (pop. 589), with 5.97% of the town's population living in them.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

Neighbouring places include [[Garhi Sanjar Khan]] to the west and [[Bakhtiyarnagar]] to the south.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Lucknow - A Gazetteer |date=1904 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=236–45 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48095 |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
Malihabad is located at {{Coord|6.92|N|80.72|E|}}.<ref>it has tropical monsoon climate (am), it has warm climate all year round.
[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Malihabad.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Malihabad]</ref> It has an average elevation of 128 metres (419 feet).The main areas in Malihabad are Mirzaganj, Syedwara, Chaudrana and Kewalhar. And Malihabad major people belong to the rural area and there are most probably 187 village and 67 gram panchayat also included under the tahsheel of Malihabad.

== History ==
According to some reliable sources, Malihabad was originally known by a different name."

Dr. Asmat Malihabadi, a Scholar and founder of Josh Academy and a relative informed that perhaps Malihabad is named after Qazi Maleeh (their descendants still reside in Malihabad) whose mazar or grave is at Dudhiya Shareef, a burial ground of those with a refined soul.
<ref name="https://demo.lucknow.one/malihabad-is-not-only-about-mangoes/"/>
Malihabad may have come under Muslim rule as early as the reign of [[Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji]], who invaded [[Awadh]] in 1202, but this is uncertain.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

Malihabad was historically the seat of a [[pargana]], as mentioned in the [[Ain-i-Akbari]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> At the time of [[Akbar]] it was colonized by [[Pathan]]s, who became the primary landowners.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Under the [[Nawabs of Awadh]], Malihabad was included in the [[Chakla (administrative division)|chakla]] of [[Sandila]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> During the reign of [[Shuja ud-Daula]], the Pathan landlords granted part of Malihabad, known as [[Kewalhar]], to Faqir Muhammad Khan, an [[Afridi]] Pathan who came from [[Rohilkhand]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> According to family tradition, Faqir Muhammad Khan, aka Goya Malihabadi, originally came from [[Landi Kotal]] on the [[Khyber Pass]] and rose to become the commander-in-chief of the Nawab's army.<ref name="Paul"/> He became enamored with Malihabad and requested permission from the Nawab to grow mangoes here, thus establishing the first mango plantation in Malihabad.<ref name="Paul"/> His great-grandson was the famous poet [[Josh Malihabadi]].<ref name="Paul"/> The main [[haveli]] where Faqir Muhammad Khan lived later became a set for movies including ''[[Junoon (1978 film)|Junoon]]'' (1978) and ''[[Umrao Jaan (1981 film)|Umrao Jaan]]'' (1981).<ref name="Paul"/>

At the turn of the 20th century, Malihabad was described as a large, picturesque town on the left bank of the [[Behta]], along the road from Lucknow to Sandila.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The tehsil headquarters and the police station were on the road, as well as a [[caravanserai|serai]] built in 1860.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> There was also a [[dispensary]], a post office, a cattle-pound, a registration office, a large tehsili school with about 190 students, and a government-run school for girls.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The main market, Mirzaganj, which had been built by Mirza Hasan Beg, an official of the Awadh government, was owned at the time by the Pathan [[taluqdar]]s, who had bought and renovated the marketplace; however, Mirzaganj had quickly declined in importance after the establishment of the [[Kankarabad]] bazaar, as well as the [[Nawabganj, Unnao|Nawabganj]] market near [[Mohan, Uttar Pradesh|Mohan]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> At the time, Malihabad was described as "celebrated for its mangoes, which go by the name of ''[[safeda]]'', and for its orchards of ''[[ber]]'' trees."<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

== Demographics ==
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{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Malihabad had a population of 15,806. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Malihabad has an average literacy rate of 52%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 59%, and female literacy is 45%. In Malihabad, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Economics==
[[Dasheri|Dasheri mango]] plantations is one of the major income sources of the region, with mangoes being exported to many neighbouring countries.
Dasheri Mango is very delicious and known for its sweetness and soft pulp.
Other varieties of mangoes such as Chausa, Fazli, Lucknowa, Jauhari, Safeda, etc. are also grown here.

[[Vegetables]] are another major export here.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

==In film==
The Filmfare Award winner (1979) and winner of National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi (1978), film ''[[Junoon (1978 film)|Junoon]]'' was mostly shot in the Mahals of Malihabad. The 1978 Urdu film was produced by [[Shashi Kapoor]] and directed by [[Shyam Benegal]] and was a hit of its time. The film was based on [[Ruskin Bond]] novella ''[[A Flight of Pigeons]]''. And other films like (shourgul), (mulk) and show like (savdhaan india) and south film shoot in Malihabad.
Malihabad and its famous mangoes find mention multiple times during the movie Lakshya.

==Culture==
Malihabad prides itself on Nawab Faqueer Mohammad Khan 'Goya', the poet and courtier of Awadh; "Shaayar-e-Inquilaab"''Padma Bhushan [[Josh Malihabadi]]''(born as Shabbir Hasan Khan), who later migrated to Pakistan after this. [[Abdur Razzaq Malihabadi]], [[Abrar hasan khan asar Malihabadi]], [[Ahmad Saeed Malihabadi]] take place in poetry; Padma Shri [[Ghaus Mohammad Khan]], the tennis player and Anwar Nadeem, stage artist, writer and poet. was born in Malihabad (India) in 1962. Abdullah Ramzi Khan hails from bakhtiyar nagar, Malihabad is a lawyer, author and a Historian. He is an authority on Malihabad and awadh History. He is the author of a memorable Travelogue in English language , ' The Known and the Unknown Monuments,places and persons of Awadh'(2019 vol 1,2020 vol 2) ,which was published by Royal Book Company. He is a first noted English writer from Malihabad. He has translated a book originally written by William Howe (1895) in English into the Hindi language. It has also produced some great Urdu writers like Mohsin Khan{{cn|date=June 2021}} who possess a remarkable writing style. His Urdu play Khvab ki Ta'bir was awarded first prize in a radio-play contest drawing participants from nineteen Indian languages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.urdustudies.com/auinfo/KhanMohsin.html|title = Viasat Satellite Internet | Viasat Internet | American TV}}</ref> after all we also remark some famous hindi writers and poet [[bhaskar malihabdi]] is one of Malihabadi Poet he Wrote Khand Kavya on [[Rani Durgavati]] Later, due to economic reasons, he had to go to [[Madhya Pradesh]]<ref>https://shabd.in/trending/105815/bhaskar-malihabadi</ref>
Now in Malihabad our New inqlabi and loving poet and socialist writer[[Arun malihabadi]] is nowadays popular with their quotes.<ref>https://shabd.in/user/36976/arun-kumar-singh</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourquote.in/zakhmi-tv-bs1a3/quotes/|title=जख़्मी Quotes | YourQuote}}</ref>

== Villages ==
Malihabad block contains the following 100 villages:<ref name="Census 2011"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Village name
! Total land area (hectares)
! Population (in 2011)
|-
| [[Sahijana]] || 800.3 || 2,420
|-
| [[Rusena]] || 523.7 || 4,615
|-
| [[Chaina (Malihabad)|Chaina]] || 54.8 || 474
|-
| [[Jauria]] || 274 || 1,858
|-
| [[Tarauna]] || 465.6 || 2,992
|-
| [[Kaithulia]] || 352.1 || 2,566
|-
| [[Fatehpur, Malihabad|Fatehpur]] || 44.8 || 1,215
|-
| [[Jindaur]] || 913.6 || 12,323
|-
| [[Mavai Kalan]] || 692.4 || 4,433
|-
| [[Daulatpur, Malihabad|Daulatpur]] || 69.9 || 1,041
|-
| [[Bhat Purva]] || 100 || 460
|-
| [[Tiragavan]] || 87.3 || 1,418
|-
| [[Mankauti]] || 190.4 || 2,697
|-
| [[Raghu Rampur]] || 80.8 || 0
|-
| [[Terva]] || 81.1 || 510
|-
| [[Belva, Lucknow|Belva]] || 82 || 484
|-
| [[Gosava]] || 169.3 || 1,542
|-
| [[Dilawarnagar]] || 320.2 || 3,456
|-
| [[Kahala, Lucknow|Kahala]] || 342.3 || 4,047
|-
| [[Harihar Pur]] || 172.4 || 1,305
|-
| [[Bhadesar Mau]] || 196.4 || 1,456
|-
| [[Sendharava]] || 420.1 || 2,840
|-
| [[Ishapur]] || 105.2 || 959
|-
| [[Kasmandi Khurd]] || 33.6 || 328
|-
| [[Firozpur, Lucknow|Firozpur]] || 81 || 810
|-
| [[Bhujasa]] || 134.4 || 2,662
|-
| [[Sadarpur, Lucknow|Sadarpur]] || 82.7 || 450
|-
| [[Mohammadnagar Talukdari]] || 151.8 || 1,298
|-
| [[Mohammadnagar Rahmatnagar]] || 350.4 || 2,216
|-
| [[Nai Basti Dhanewa]] || 130.5 || 1,539
|-
| [[Nejabhari]] || 116.7 || 1,003
|-
| [[Mahmudnagar]] || 149.1 || 2,390
|-
| [[Kanar, Lucknow|Kanar]] || 252.5 || 1,805
|-
| [[Ahmedabad, Lucknow|Ahmedabad]] || 301.5 || 3,524
|-
| [[Najar Nagar]] || 57.9 || 373
|-
| [[Tikari Khurd]] || 63.1 || 430
|-
| [[Sarava, Lucknow|Sarava]] || 171.1 || 1,534
|-
| [[Garhi Sajar Khan]] || 104.6 || 2,833
|-
| [[Madhopur, Malihabad|Madhopur]] || 353.4 || 2,474
|-
| [[Badaura]] || 110.2 || 954
|-
| [[Shahjad Pur]] || 80 || 661
|-
| [[Khushal Pur]] || 93.9 || 1,445
|-
| [[Bhatoia]] || 60.9 || 986
|-
| [[Surgaula]] || 237.2 || 1,313
|-
| [[Hasimpur]] || 93 || 368
|-
| [[Chandpur, Lucknow|Chandpur]] || 139.3 || 481
|-
| [[Rasulabad, Lucknow|Rasulabad]] || 52.6 || 385
|-
| [[Gaunda Muajjam Nagar]] || 780.9 || 5,810
|-
| [[Khar Kuwa]] || 989.9 || 5,694
|-
| [[Paharpur, Malihabad|Paharpur]] || 147.5 || 732
|-
| [[Virahim Pur]] || 122.8 || 1,154
|-
| [[Rampur Basti]] || 53.8 || 397
|-
| [[Gaurava]] || 57.7 || 384
|-
| [[Datali]] || 101.4 || 710
|-
| [[Rasulpur, Lucknow|Rasulpur]] || 137.7 || 1,219
|-
| [[Ataura]] || 159.5 || 1,007
|-
| [[Mahdoia]] || 384.8 || 1,711
|-
| [[Bhogalamau]] || 82.2 || 324
|-
| [[Navi Nagar]] || 371.8 || 1,909
|-
| [[Kharata]] || 164.3 || 1,674
|-
| [[Bhulsi]] || 103.9 || 875
|-
| [[Dheremau]] || 230.8 || 2,053
|-
| [[Kundara Kalan]] || 32.1 || 483
|-
| [[Kundara Khurd]] || 71.7 || 753
|-
| [[Bhausa (Sherpur)]] || 179.4 || 1,463
|-
| [[Dular Mau]] || 117.4 || 944
|-
| [[Purava, Lucknow|Purava]] || 142 || 1,463
|-
| [[Tilsua]] || 182.1 || 1,450
|-
| [[Bari Jalalpur]] || 37.7 || 182
|-
| [[Bakhtiyarnagar]] || 190.6 || 2,480
|-
| [[Kukura, Lucknow|Kukura]] || 102.8 || 309
|-
| [[Barhi Garhi]] || 166.5 || 1,684
|-
| [[Belgarha]] || 142.5 || 1,452
|-
| [[Ludhausi]] || 129 || 892
|-
| [[Khalispur, Lucknow|Khalispur]] || 225.1 || 2,832
|-
| [[Habibpur, Lucknow|Habibpur]] || 148.6 || 1,049
|-
| [[Dugauli]] || 178.8 || 1,036
|-
| [[Sahilamau]] || 303.6 || 3,271
|-
| [[Meethenagar]] || 268.3 || 1,149
|-
| [[Mandauli]] || 199.1 || 2,404
|-
| [[Sahilabad, Lucknow|Sahilabad]] || 44.6 || 0
|-
| [[Allupur]] || 109 || 1,296
|-
| [[Budharia]] || 123.4 || 783
|-
| [[Tikaitganj]] || 92.5 || 1,095
|-
| [[Vajidnagar]] || 83.3 || 832
|-
| [[Kasmandikala]] || 561.5 || 6,005
|-
| [[Ramgarha, Lucknow|Ramgarha]] || 205.4 || 1,336
|-
| [[Kithai Para]] || 153.6 || 1,225
|-
| [[Bahelia, Lucknow|Bahelia]] || 185.6 || 1,412
|-
| [[Gukhaura]] || 233.7 || 123
|-
| [[Fatehnagar, Lucknow|Fatehnagar]] || 228.3 || 1,346
|-
| [[Shivdaspur, Lucknow|Shivdaspur]] || 45.6 || 688
|-
| [[Katauli]] || 418 || 3,380
|-
| [[Jamalnagar]] || 133.9 || 1,072
|-
| [[Malaha]] || 579.3 || 2,867
|}

== Notable people ==
* [[Ghaus Mohammad Khan]], sportsperson
* [[Josh Malihabadi]], writer, revolutionary poet
* [[Kaleem Ullah Khan]]

== References ==
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