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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Amawan
| native_name =
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| other_name = Amāwān
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
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| image_map = Amawan block map.png
| map_caption = Map of Amawan CD block
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.312476|N|81.348951|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Search for "Amawan" here |title=Geographic Names Search WebApp }}</ref>
| subdivision_type = Country India
| 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 = [[Raebareli district|Raebareli]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 5.838
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 5245
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| 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]]
| postal_code =
| registration_plate = UP-35
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Amawan''' is a village and corresponding [[community development block]] in [[Rae Bareli district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=185–201 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0927_PART_A_DCHB_RAE%20BARELI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref> It historically was the seat of a [[taluqdar]]i estate held by a [[Pathan]] family and eventually split into two shares.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Rai Bareli: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXIX Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1905 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=97–8 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35020 |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref> As of 2011, its population is 5,245, in 973 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It has five primary schools and no healthcare facilities.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== History ==
The [[taluqdar]]s of Amawan claimed descent from Bhikham Khan, a [[Niyazi Pathan]] general in the army of [[Shihab-ud-Din Ghori]] who obtained a grant of land in the [[pargana]] of [[Salon, India|Salon]] along with the hereditary title of [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> His descendant Ibrahim Khan later gained control of Amawan.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> Much later, the brothers Qadirdad Khan and Sher Zaman Khan divided their territories into two adjoining estates: Qadirdad Khan received the [[Pahremau]] estate, and Sher Zaman Khan received the Amawan estate.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> Sher Zaman Khan's son and successor, Allahdad Khan, had his property seized by one Rana Beni Madho Bakhsh, but he was able to recover it with the aid of the [[chakladar]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> He then was faced with the [[Kanhpuria]]s seizing part of his lands, and he later made a settlement with Raja Jagpal Singh of [[Tiloi]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> Since Allahdad Khan had no sons, the [[Sanad (deed)|sanad]] for the Amawan estate went to the husbands of his two daughters after he died.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> The Amawan estate was then split into two shares, but both shareholders fell heavily into debt and had to sell off or mortgage their lands by the turn of the 20th century.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Amawan as comprising 22 hamlets, with a total population of 1,881 people (942 male and 939 female), in 399 households and 301 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=xliv-xlv of section "Rae Bareli Tahsil"|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1047/1/22852_1961_RAE.pdf |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 1,477 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Amawan as having a population of 2,647 people, in 574 households, and having an area of 590.46 [[hectare]]s.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli |date=1982 |pages=86–7 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1298/1/50861_1981_RAE.pdf |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref> The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.<ref name="Census 1981"/>

==Villages==
Amawan CD block has the following 87 villages:<ref name="Census 2011"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Village name
! Total land area (hectares)
! Population (in 2011)
|-
| [[Bawan Buzurg Valla]] || 2,330.4 || 11,754
|-
| [[Saripur]] || 252 || 1,525
|-
| [[Sobhi, Raebareli|Sobhi]] || 182.4 || 1,804
|-
| [[Jaraila]] || 88.5 || 490
|-
| [[Baghai Ahalwar]] || 150.3 || 866
|-
| [[Khaira, Raebareli|Khaira]] || 112.3 || 851
|-
| [[Bhulwansa]] || 535 || 3,772
|-
| [[Gauhanna]] || 183.5 || 1,091
|-
| [[Hilgi]] || 119.7 || 1,106
|-
| [[Pahrawan]] || 285.9 || 1,431
|-
| [[Basalat Nagar]] || 75.9 || 373
|-
| [[Ashrafabad, Raebareli|Ashrafabad]] || 130.2 || 896
|-
| [[Pahremau]] || 395.2 || 3,165
|-
| [[Oya, Raebareli|Oya]] || 276.7 || 1,635
|-
| [[Baghail]] || 238.7 || 1,393
|-
| [[Khairhana]] || 461.4 || 1,953
|-
| [[Bahadurnagar, Amawan|Bahadur Nagar]] || 166.5 || 1,140
|-
| [[Mohabbat Nagar]] || 117 || 707
|-
| [[Baikhara]] || 277.4 || 1,737
|-
| [[Pindari Kalan]] || 569.6 || 3,960
|-
| [[Bibipur Taluke Hasnapur]] || 176 || 978
|-
| [[Lodhwa Mau]] || 181 || 1,939
|-
| [[Paharpur Mardanpur]] || 150.3 || 1,390
|-
| [[Turava Nagar]] || 74.4 || 266
|-
| [[Onaiy Jangal]] || 265.2 || 1,373
|-
| [[Jetuva Tappe Bijhwan]] || 310 || 2,511
|-
| [[Dedauwa]] || 97.9 || 810
|-
| [[Jalalpur, Amawan|Jalalpur]] || 93.2 || 744
|-
| [[Mardanpur, Raebareli|Mardanpur]] || 28 || 1,927
|-
| [[Jamalpur Karaundi]] || 104 || 630
|-
| [[Parigawan]] || 251.3 || 1,668
|-
| [[Chaupura]] || 182 || 1,107
|-
| [[Alladadpur]] || 157 || 0
|-
| [[Kachaunda Nanakari]] || 275 || 1,485
|-
| [[Hardaspur, Raebareli|Hardaspur]] || 239.4 || 2,974
|-
| [[Chak Loharahar]] || 121.6 || 762
|-
| [[Sarawan, Raebareli|Sarawan]] || 539.5 || 2,159
|-
| [[Garhi Khas]] || 80.9 || 1,644
|-
| [[Rampur, Amawan|Rampur]] || 106.9 || 22
|-
| [[Didauli]] || 342.3 || 1,709
|-
| [[Gokulpur, Raebareli|Gokulpur]] || 29 || 228
|-
| [[Kishunpur Ramchandra]] || 171 || 692
|-
| [[Adampur, Raebareli|Adampur]] || 151.4 || 1,779
|-
| [[Lalpur Chauhan]] || 155 || 1,051
|-
| [[Bhuwapur Kalan]] || 141.7 || 780
|-
| [[Kondaras Buzurg]] || 428.8 || 3,143
|-
| [[Bhuwapur Junardar]] || 87.3 || 148
|-
| [[Kondras Khurd]] || 78.7 || 296
|-
| [[Khaura, Raebareli|Khaura]] || 168.3 || 0
|-
| [[Ufara Mau]] || 71.4 || 517
|-
| [[Khaspari]] || 92.4 || 1
|-
| [[Rasehta]] || 231.6 || 2,756
|-
| [[Pindari Khurd]] || 219.4 || 1,615
|-
| [[Sidhauna]] || 777.1 || 5,352
|-
| [[Tajpur, Raebareli|Tajpur]] || 132.9 || 1,227
|-
| [[Marauiya Andawan]] || 136.3 || 1,234
|-
| [[Umarpur Gerukhuwa]] || 113.8 || 685
|-
| [[Chakpeera Shah]] || 100.4 || 819
|-
| [[Manchitpur]] || 116.7 || 887
|-
| [[Budhanpur]] || 169 || 1,240
|-
| [[Chakdadar]] || 121.6 || 653
|-
| [[Mainoopur]] || 257.7 || 2,193
|-
| [[Rukunpur]] || 198.6 || 1,168
|-
| [[Kutubpur Varenda]] || 166.5 || 846
|-
| [[Muzaffarpur, Raebareli|Muzaffarpur]] || 90.5 || 453
|-
| [[Dusauti]] || 180.6 || 1,562
|-
| '''Amanwa''' (block headquarters) || 583.8 || 5,245
|-
| [[Dhooradeeh]] || 371.6 || 2,561
|-
| [[Mohammadpur Churai]] || 113.8 || 831
|-
| [[Samarhada]] || 329.4 || 2,359
|-
| [[Pure Nakki]] || 39.2 || 418
|-
| [[Rasulpur, Amawan|Rasulpur]] || 106.4 || 514
|-
| [[Bibipur Taluke Amawan]] || 101.7 || 406
|-
| [[Chandpur, Amawan|Chandpur]] || 109.3 || 314
|-
| [[Makhdumpur, Amawan|Makhdumpur]] || 142.7 || 853
|-
| [[Chak Khapar]] || 132.9 || 404
|-
| [[Pandrae]] || 153.6 || 879
|-
| [[Hariyawan, Raebareli|Hariyawan]] || 222.3 || 1,484
|-
| [[Sandi Ram]] || 307.2 || 2,435
|-
| [[Rajwapur, Amawan|Rajwapur]] || 120.4 || 707
|-
| [[Bandipur, Raebareli|Bandipur]] || 144 || 931
|-
| [[Kauwadeeh]] || 57.3 || 511
|-
| [[Haivat Mau]] || 100.6 || 854
|-
| [[Dighiya]] || 75.6 || 1,695
|-
| [[Sandi Nagin]] || 163.6 || 1,234
|-
| [[Daut Nagar]] || 323.9 || 2,061
|-
| [[Roopa Mau]] || 815.3 || 6,098
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Raebareli district}}

[[Category:Villages in Raebareli district]]
[[Category:Community development blocks in India]]
[[Category:Zamindari estates in Uttar Pradesh]]

{{Raebareli-geo-stub}}

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