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{{About|a populated place in India|the Taiwanese street food|Ba-wan}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bawan
| native_name =
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| other_name = Bāwan
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| settlement_type = Populated place
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| image_map = Bawan block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Bawan (#003) in Bawan CD block
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27.395537|N|80.019089|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Search for "Bawan" here |title=Geographic Names Search WebApp }}</ref>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hardoi district|Hardoi]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
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| area_total_km2 = 9.928
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| population_total = 13524
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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'''Bawan''' is a large<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Hardoi - A Gazetteer |date=1904 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=169–72 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48076 |access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref> village and corresponding [[community development block]] in [[Hardoi district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Hardoi, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=180–205 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0924_PART_A_DCHB_HARDOI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref> It is located 10 km<ref name="Census 1971"/> west of [[Hardoi]], on the south side of the road to [[Bazpur-Naktaura]] and the [[Sai Ghat]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Bawan was historically the seat of a [[pargana]] since at least the time of the Mughal Emperor [[Akbar]], and it is also the site of a [[mela]] held in honour of [[Darshan Debi]] on the first Sunday of [[Bhadon]], at a site called the Suraj Kund.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The main staple crops here are [[wheat]], [[rice]],<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Hardoi |date=1982 |pages=114–5 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1229/1/27831_1981_HAR.pdf |access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref> and [[legume|gram]].<ref name="Census 1971">{{cite book |title=Census 1971 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part X-A: Village & Town Directory, District Hardoi |date=1972 |pages=82–3 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1130/1/45148_1971_HAR.pdf |access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref> Markets are held on Mondays and Thursdays.<ref name="Census 1971"/><ref name="Census 1981"/> As of 2011, the population of Bawan is 13,524, in 2,230 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== History ==
According to tradition, Bawan was founded by a person named Rajpal before the reign of [[Rama]] in [[Ayodhya (Ramayana)|Ayodhya]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> It is said that later, the 11th-century Muslim folk hero [[Ghazi Sayyid Salar Masud]] sent a force from [[Kannauj]] to conquer Bawan, and that the Muslim soldiers who died in the ensuing battle were buried near the Suraj Kund.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Another one of Salar Masud's companions, [[Makhdum Abdul Qasim]], is said to have fasted here for 40 days, and his shrine is still visited on Thursday evenings by people who leave [[sweetmeats]] and light small lamps in his memory.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

At the turn of the 20th century, Bawan was described as a large village both in population and in physical area, with a population of 3,800 people as of the 1901 census.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Of these, 1,021 were Muslim, while the main Hindu caste was the [[Brahmin]]s.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The Darshan Debi mela, which had previously been "of considerable importance", was still observed but its attendance was smaller than it had been in the past.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The weekly veneration of Makhdum Abdul Qasim's shrine was also noted, with an attendance of about 200 people at the time.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Bawan hosted a market twice per week at the time.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Bawan as comprising 6 hamlets, with a total population of 4,993 (2,704 male and 2,289 female), in 968 households and 703 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (36 - Hardoi District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=158, liv-lv of section "Hardoi Tahsil" |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/987/1/22855_1961_HAR.pdf |access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 2,478 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Bawan as having a population of 7,384, in 1,306 households, and covering an area of 992.32 [[hectare]]s.<ref name="Census 1981"/>

== Villages ==
Bawan CD block has the following 140 villages:<ref name="Census 2011"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Village name
! Total land area (hectares)
! Population (in 2011)
|-
| [[Saurangpur]] || 81.6 || 1,053
|-
| [[Sahijana, Bawan (census code 139695)|Sahijana]] || 128.8 || 976
|-
| [[Chandrsipur]] || 158.2 || 429
|-
| [[Mahreypur]] || 300.2 || 1,922
|-
| [[Deopur, Hardoi|Deopur]] || 95 || 435
|-
| [[Virsinghpur]] || 178.1 || 739
|-
| [[Gadanpur]] || 51 || 0
|-
| [[Nagara, Hardoi|Nagara]] || 19.6 || 0
|-
| [[Mahimapur]] || 77.7 || 4
|-
| [[Nayagaon, Bawan (census code 139703)|Nayagaon]] || 148.3 || 0
|-
| [[Auhadpur Lala Bhup]] || 157 || 294
|-
| [[Jilgaon]] || 201.2 || 979
|-
| [[Shekhpur]] || 166.4 || 1,295
|-
| [[Sariya Paraspur]] || 168.8 || 522
|-
| [[Rampur Lalji]] || 182.5 || 951
|-
| [[Dharampur, Bawan|Dharampur]] || 45 || 352
|-
| [[Barsohiya]] || 496.2 || 4,544
|-
| [[Sonepur, Hardoi|Sonepur]] || 287.4 || 1,021
|-
| [[Pemapur]] || 66.7 || 414
|-
| [[Pakari, Hardoi|Pakari]] || 577 || 2,454
|-
| [[Mattipur]] || 164.7 || 1,235
|-
| [[Mitmitpur Naseb]] || 32.7 || 0
|-
| [[Bajpur Naktaura Naseb]] || 147.6 || 2,843
|-
| [[Bajpur Naktaura]] || 219.6 || 0
|-
| [[Dularpur, Bawan (census code 139718)|Dularpur]] || 358.6 || 2,329
|-
| [[Pakha, Hardoi|Pakha]] || 108.8 || 0
|-
| [[Poora, Hardoi|Poora]] || 98.9 || 162
|-
| [[Poora Naseb]] || 60.4 || 0
|-
| [[Barwan Ahat Mali]] || 41.2 || 3,996
|-
| [[Barwan Faraj]] || 293.6 || 0
|-
| [[Barwan Naseb]] || 121.8 || 0
|-
| [[Ramapur Chhaiya]] || 185.6 || 1,569
|-
| [[Ramapur Adhaikan]] || 41.3 || 303
|-
| [[Manimau]] || 81.6 || 763
|-
| [[Koliya, Hardoi|Koliya]] || 160.9 || 818
|-
| [[Mirkapur]] || 67.2 || 934
|-
| [[Mirkapur Naseb]] || 42.5 || 0
|-
| [[Behta Gokul]] || 889.7 || 6,521
|-
| [[Kuvanarpur]] || 193.9 || 1,129
|-
| [[Behta Dheera]] || 493.8 || 3,451
|-
| [[Khalifapur Masti]] || 175.4 || 1,040
|-
| [[Maganpur]] || 151.3 || 1,155
|-
| [[Udhranpur, Bawan|Udhranpur]] || 141.7 || 2,071
|-
| [[Sikandarpur, Bawan|Sikandarpur]] || 118.4 || 888
|-
| [[Sahijana, Bawan (census code 139946)|Sahijana]] || 207.7 || 1,248
|-
| [[Sakaha]] || 525.3 || 3,964
|-
| [[Gaidhara]] || 176.8 || 818
|-
| [[Palia, Hardoi|Palia]] || 106.6 || 455
|-
| [[Koilaha]] || 253.2 || 1,255
|-
| [[Manpur, Hardoi|Manpur]] || 710 || 4,880
|-
| [[Mansoorpur]] || 38.4 || 439
|-
| [[Gadaipur, Bawan|Gadaipur]] || 539.5 || 2,864
|-
| [[Jatuli, Bawan|Jatuli]] || 181 || 1,070
|-
| [[Mubarakpur, Bawan|Mubarakpur]] || 78 || 0
|-
| [[Bheekhpur]] || 333.6 || 1,877
|-
| [[Dularpur, Bawan (census code 139957)|Dularpur]] || 199.9 || 1,288
|-
| [[Achauli]] || 55.2 || 152
|-
| [[Hasnapur]] || 128.6 || 829
|-
| [[Moosepur]] || 250.8 || 2,275
|-
| [[Balehra]] || 421.9 || 2,243
|-
| [[Dabheliya]] || 167.1 || 568
|-
| [[Aeja]] || 625.5 || 3,385
|-
| [[Auhadpur Sakara]] || 291.1 || 2,712
|-
| [[Suherdi]] || 123.2 || 986
|-
| [[Andhiyar]] || 78.6 || 196
|-
| [[Baijana]] || 299.3 || 585
|-
| [[Lagwahi]] || 131.8 || 764
|-
| [[Lonar, Hardoi|Lonar]] || 446.7 || 3,496
|-
| [[Lakhwa]] || 60.8 || 564
|-
| [[Purori]] || 223.6 || 1,483
|-
| [[Chndsaura]] || 133.7 || 175
|-
| [[Kadari]] || 143.5 || 70
|-
| [[Rampur Jatuli]] || 182.4 || 481
|-
| [[Nevada, Bawan|Nevada]] || 305.2 || 1,300
|-
| [[Gajhathan]] || 96.4 || 451
|-
| [[Sakara, Bawan|Sakara]] || 1,018.8 || 5,196
|-
| [[Iqbalpur]] || 105.4 || 83
|-
| [[Baghuri]] || 106 || 575
|-
| [[Mirjapur, Hardoi|Mirjapur]] || 101 || 16
|-
| [[Majhigawan, Hardoi|Majhigawan]] || 91.9 || 427
|-
| [[Garhiya Dilla]] || 45.7 || 405
|-
| [[Govindpur, Hardoi|Govindpur]] || 42.6 || 554
|-
| [[Dauli, Hardoi|Dauli]] || 85.1 || 802
|-
| [[Baghouramal]] || 201.6 || 1,203
|-
| [[Karanpur, Bawan|Karanpur]] || 87.9 || 568
|-
| [[Garhiya Jhabbu]] || 28.9 || 543
|-
| [[Gangauli]] || 506.5 || 1,460
|-
| [[Ituariya]] || 104.2 || 492
|-
| [[Kallan Saryan]] || 68.7 || 275
|-
| [[Dudhiya]] || 169.3 || 728
|-
| [[Udaypur, Hardoi|Udaypur]] || 115.3 || 991
|-
| [[Bakura, Hardoi|Bakura]] || 195 || 0
|-
| [[Etoriya]] || 104.8 || 764
|-
| [[Barela, Bawan|Barela]] || 159.5 || 828
|-
| [[Mujahidpur]] || 262.2 || 2,290
|-
| [[Kamalpur, Bawan|Kamalpur]] || 206.2 || 597
|-
| [[Teriya]] || 164.4 || 1,564
|-
| [[Jagdishpur, Hardoi|Jagdishpur]] || 292.7 || 1,868
|-
| [[Savirpur]] || 153.7 || 758
|-
| [[Nijampur]] || 239.4 || 1,225
|-
| [[Samudahar]] || 103.6 || 0
|-
| '''Bawan''' (block headquarters) || 992.8 || 13,524
|-
| [[Darveshpur]] || 112.5 || 527
|-
| [[Biskula]] || 195.5 || 1,217
|-
| [[Bhithari]] || 721 || 5,301
|-
| [[Ramapur Raholiya]] || 250.3 || 1,515
|-
| [[Badruddinpur]] || 185.8 || 525
|-
| [[Bajehara]] || 245.7 || 1,138
|-
| [[Barkheriya]] || 13.2 || 0
|-
| [[Nayagaon, Bawan (census code 140011)|Nayagaon]] || 142 || 1,096
|-
| [[Barkhara]] || 134.2 || 2,000
|-
| [[Bavnapur]] || 262 || 1,508
|-
| [[Airla, Hardoi|Airla]] || 45.8 || 0
|-
| [[Husenpur Sahora]] || 262.8 || 2,184
|-
| [[Sakatpur, Hardoi|Sakatpur]] || 228.2 || 1,623
|-
| [[Majhraeta]] || 547 || 3,569
|-
| [[Allipur, Bawan|Allipur]] || 275.3 || 1,490
|-
| [[Pusaura]] || 102.4 || 438
|-
| [[Gulamau]] || 511.6 || 3,051
|-
| [[Fool Behta]] || 201.3 || 2,376
|-
| [[Kaurha]] || 1,292.3 || 9,376
|-
| [[Kakrahi]] || 415.6 || 2,259
|-
| [[Mendua]] || 405.5 || 1,666
|-
| [[Mirgwan]] || 119.2 || 569
|-
| [[Khumaripur]] || 211.3 || 1,005
|-
| [[Amirta, Bawan|Amirta]] || 73.8 || 473
|-
| [[Kashipur, Hardoi|Kashipur]] || 273.2 || 2,360
|-
| [[Bannai]] || 187.9 || 1,402
|-
| [[Sathra]] || 148.2 || 764
|-
| [[Korriya]] || 746.7 || 5,738
|-
| [[Behta Sadhai]] || 675.4 || 4,741
|-
| [[Behti]] || 639.9 || 3,651
|-
| [[Tatura, Hardoi|Tatura]] || 784.8 || 6,290
|-
| [[Mammarpur]] || 83.1 || 738
|-
| [[Aneg Behta]] || 219.2 || 690
|-
| [[Naya Gaon Habibpur]] || 446.7 || 3,470
|-
| [[Rara, Hardoi|Rara]] || 634.3 || 4,107
|-
| [[Maholiya Sheopar]] || 541.2 || 3,167
|-
| [[Harsinghpur, Hardoi|Harsinghpur]] || 129.4 || 1,021
|-
| [[Bharigawan]] || 571 || 3,441
|} Mammarpur

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hardoi district}}

[[Category:Villages in Hardoi district]]

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