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| name = Bawan Buzurg<br />
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| other_name = Bāwan Buzurg<br />
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| settlement_type = Village<br />
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| image_map = Amawan block map.png<br />
| map_caption = Map showing Bawan Buzurg (#271) in Amawan CD block<br />
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|26.376616|N|81.25205|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Search for "Bawan Buzurg" here}}</ref><br />
| subdivision_type = Country India<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Raebareli district|Raebareli]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/><br />
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| area_total_km2 = 23.304<br />
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| population_total = 11754<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/><br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
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| registration_plate = UP-35<br />
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'''Bawan Buzurg''' is a village in [[Amawan]] block of [[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 is located near [[Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh|Maharajganj]], south of the road to [[Bachhrawan]] and west of the road to [[Rae Bareli]].<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 |page=158 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.17389/page/n175 |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref> It is the largest village in the district by area.<ref name="Census 1981"/> As of 2011, its population is 11,754 people, in 2,154 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/><br />
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== History ==<br />
Bawan Buzurg was historically noted for its production of [[shield]]s, but this industry had ceased by the turn of the 20th century.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> At that point, it was described as a very large and scattered village that was mostly noteworthy for its size.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> Its population in 1901 was 4,709 people, including a Muslim minority of 540.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> It was held in joint [[zamindar]]i tenure by [[Pathan]]s claiming descent from an Afghan named Faqir Khan, who supposedly conquered the place from the [[Bhar]]s in the time of [[Ibrahim Shah]] of the [[Jaunpur Sultanate]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/><br />
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The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Bawan Buzurg as comprising 26 hamlets, with a total population of 3,760 people (1,497 male and 2,263 female), in 978 households and 951 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=xxxiv-xxxv 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 6,063 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1961"/><br />
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The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Bawan Buzurg (as "Bawan Bujurg") as having a population of 6,502 people, in 707 households, and having an area of 2,330.67 [[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=8, 76–7 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1298/1/50861_1981_RAE.pdf |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref> The main staple foods were listed as [[juwar]] and rice.<ref name="Census 1981"/><br />
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