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{{Short description|Village in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{other uses|Akbarpur (disambiguation){{!}}Akbarpur}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2023}}
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'''Akbarpur Aunchha''' ({{IAST|Akbarpur Aunchhā}}) is a village in [[Ghiror]] block of [[Mainpuri district]], Uttar Pradesh, India. Built on top of an old archaeological mound, it hosts a market twice per week and a large religious fair once per year that draws thousands of visitors. As of 2011, it had a population of 8,579, in 1,410 households.

== Name ==
The name "Akbarpur" is a reference to the Mughal emperor [[Akbar]], who is traditionally credited with founding the old fort here at the highest point. "Auncha" may refer to the elevated (''"unch"'') nature of the site.<ref name="Gazetteer 1910">{{cite book |editor1-last=Neave|editor1-first=E. R. |title=Mainpuri: A Gazetteer, Being Volume X of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh |date=1929 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181613 |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|181}}

== History ==
Akbarpur Aunchha is at the southern end of a long ''khera'' or archaeological mound, which runs north–south for about half a mile (0.8 km). Around the turn of the 20th century, it was noted that old ''[[kankar]]'' masonry was built into then-current structures as [[spolia]], and old brick wells and sculpture fragments were also noted. An inscription below a statue at the village's main shrine, the Rikhi Asthan on the northeast, contains the date 334 ''[[samvat]]''. If this is a reference to the [[Bikram Samvat]] calendar, then this would date the inscription to 277 CE, but which ''samvat'' is meant here is unknown.<ref name="Gazetteer 1910"/>{{rp|181–2}}

The Rikhi Asthan itself occupies the site of a much older shrine, but its present form dates to a rebuilding in 1873 by Chaudhri Jai Chand, from [[Bishangarh]] in [[Farrukhabad district]], who at the time was [[zamindar]] of both Akbarpur Aunchha and the neighbouring village of [[Achalpur, Mainpuri|Achalpur]]. The old shrine was left intact, but it was covered up and the entrance blocked. The shrine hosts a fair annually on the day of [[Chaitra|Chait]] ''nomi sudi'' (i.e. in March).<ref name="Gazetteer 1910"/>{{rp|182}}

At the turn of the 20th century, Akbarpur Aunchha was noted to have a post office, school teaching in Hindi/Urdu, and a bazar. It hosted a market two days a week, which mainly dealt in grain and tobacco. There were 8 outlying hamlets surrounding the main village site. There was previously a police station here, but by 1910 it had been demoted to an "outpost". As of 1901, the village's population was 2,390. There was also some ''[[Butea monosperma|dhak]]'' woodland to the north of the village at that point, near the Rikhi Asthan.<ref name="Gazetteer 1910"/>{{rp|181–2}}

== Demographics ==
As of 2011, Akbarpur Aunchha had a population of 8,579, in 1,410 households.<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|73}} This population was 54.4% male (4,669) and 45.6% female (3,910). The 0-6 age group numbered 1,467 (767 male and 700 female), or 17.1% of the total population. 2,471 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 28.8% of the total.<ref name="Census 2011 B">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Mainpuri, Part B (Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1259/download/4050/DH_2011_0917_PART_B_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619230426/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1259/download/4050/DH_2011_0917_PART_B_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|73–4}}

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Akbarpur Aunchha as comprising 8 hamlets, with a total population of 2,807 people (1,528 male and 1,279 female), in 532 households and 428 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 4,090 acres. A prominent fair was listed here: the Chaman Rishi-ka-Mela, held annually on [[Chaitra]] Sudi 9. This is a religious festival which had, at that time, an average attendance of about 5,000 people.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (24 - Mainpuri District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28772/download/31954/22833_1961_MAI.pdf |access-date=25 December 2021 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619230422/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28772/download/31954/22833_1961_MAI.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|154–5, lxxii}}

== Infrastructure ==
As of 2011, Akbarpur Aunchha had 4 primary schools and 1 medical clinic. Drinking water was provided by tap and hand pump; there were no public toilets. The village had a post office, as well as at least some access to electricity for all purposes. There was no public library. Streets were made of a mix of both ''[[Indian vernacular architecture#kachcha|kachcha]]'' and ''[[Indian vernacular architecture#pucca|pakka]]'' materials.<ref name="Census 2011 A">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Mainpuri, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1258/download/4046/DH_2011_0917_PART_A_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023 |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131054726/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1258/download/4046/DH_2011_0917_PART_A_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|73–8}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mainpuri district}}

[[Category:Villages in Mainpuri district]]

Akbarpur Aunchha - Revision history

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