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{{Short description|Village in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2023}}
{{other uses|Bewar}}
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Mainpuri district|Mainpuri]]
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'''Bewar''' ([[Devanagari]]: बेवर {{IAST|Bewar}}) is a town and [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Bhongaon]] tehsil of [[Mainpuri district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Historically the seat of a ''[[pargana]]'' and tehsil, it today serves as the seat of a [[community development block]]. As of 2011, Bewar has a population of 23,729, in 4,202 households.

== Name ==
Local [[folk etymology]] derives the name "Bewar" from the [[ber]] plant, hence the local pronunciation "Berwar".<ref name="Gazetteer 1910"/>{{rp|191-2}} According to Paul Whalley, the name is instead derived from the Sanskrit word ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/व्यापार#Sanskrit vyāpāra]'', which means business, trade, or commerce, and in this case would denote a place where commercial activity takes place.<ref name="Whalley 1926">{{cite journal |last1=Whalley |first1=Paul |title=Place-Names in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, Chapter III, Part 1 |journal=The Journal of the United Provinces Historical Society |date=1926 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=1-60 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Journal/PwdDAAAAYAAJ |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>{{rp|51}}

== Geography ==
Bewar is located about 27 km east of [[Mainpuri]], the district headquarters, at the crossroads with the [[Etawah]]-[[Farrukhabad]] highway.<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=1910 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181613 |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|191}} [[Bhongaon]], the tehsil headquarters, is 13 km away.<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|313}}

== History ==
At the turn of the 20th century, Bewar was both a tehsil and ''[[pargana]]'' headquarters. It was noted for its "fairly large and important bazar", where numerous shops did business selling cloth, grain, and [[sweets from the Indian subcontinent|sweets]]. Bewar then had a police station, schools for boys and girls, a post office, and a military encampment. The Bewar branch canal had been constructed in 1880, and a [[telegraph office]] had been set up at Bewar, both to coordinate water flow at [[regulator#other uses|regulator]]s and [[canal escape|escape]]s and also for general public use. At the time, the village of Bewar included 6 hamlets, with a total population of 4,209 people.<ref name="Gazetteer 1910"/>{{rp|49, 140, 191-4}}

== Demographics ==
{{historical populations
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| source = [[2011 Census of India]]<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>
| 1921 | 2779
| 1931 | 3192
| 1941 | 3466
| 1951 | 3681
| 1961 | (not listed)
| 1971 | 7182
| 1981 | 10926
| 1991 | 15994
| 2001 | 21058
| 2011 | 23729
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As of the [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]], Bewar had a population of 23,729, in 4,202 households. This population was 52.5% male (12,456) and 47.5% female (11,273). The 0-6 age group numbered 3,342 (1,782 male and 1,560 female), or 14.1% of the total population. 6,111 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 25.8% of the total. The town's literacy rate was 72.3% (counting only people age 7 and up).<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}}</ref>{{rp|180–1}}

== Economy ==
The most important commodities produced in Bewar are sweets, [[mustard oil]], and clay pots. As of 2009, Karhal had 2 nationalised banks, 0 private commercial banks, 2 [[cooperative banking#India|cooperative banks]], and 2 [[Primary Agricultural Credit Society|agricultural credit societies]].<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|321–2}}

== Infrastructure ==
As of 2011, Bewar has 1 hospital with 30 beds, 41 medicine shops, 23 schools teaching at the primary level, and 9 schools teaching at the secondary level, as well as a public library. Drinking water is provided by tap, from a treated source. Water is stored in overhead tank(s), with a total capacity of 1,400 kilolitres. The town has a local fire department.<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}}</ref>{{rp|314–20}}

== List of villages under Bewar block ==
The following 157 villages are counted as part of Bewar CD block:<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|182-5}}
# [[Ahimalpur]]
# [[Ahinkaripur]]
# [[Ahmadpur Karuamai]]
# [[Akbarpur Biku]]
# [[Akbarpur Ganu]]
# [[Amhira]]
# [[Apoor Pur]]
# [[Aram Sarai]]
# [[Athalakra]]
# [[Baghpur]]
# [[Bahdinpur]]
# [[Bahramau]]
# [[Bajhera]]
# [[Bajpur, Mainpuri|Bajpur]]
# [[Bakipur]]
# [[Banakia]]
# [[Bankahar]]
# [[Bara, Mainpuri|Bara]]
# [[Barauli, Bewar|Barauli]]
# [[Beerpur Khas]]
# [[Bewar Grameem]]
# [[Bhainsroli]]
# [[Bhawalpur, Mainpuri|Bhawalpur]]
# [[Bhilampur]]
# [[Bhur Bakain]]
# [[Bhur Haar]]
# [[Bhur Patia]]
# [[Bikkapur]]
# [[Bilpur Hussainpur]]
# [[Bilsara]]
# [[Binodpur]]
# [[Biraimpur Satdhara]]
# [[Chandanpur, Mainpuri|Chandanpur]]
# [[Chandanpura]]
# [[Chanepur]]
# [[Chaumajhee]]
# [[Chhabilepur]]
# [[Chhinkaura Garhia]]
# [[Chilaunsa]]
# [[Chirawar]]
# [[Daleeppur Naraini]]
# [[Danpatti]]
# [[Daudpur, Bewar|Daudpur]]
# [[Dayant Nagar Mata]]
# [[Deoraniyan]]
# [[Dharmangadpur]]
# [[Dhumaspur]]
# [[Dikhatmai]]
# [[Durjanpur]]
# [[Fatehpur Gani]]
# [[Gadda Haar]]
# [[Gagarwala]]
# [[Gazianpur]]
# [[Gaziyanpur]]
# [[Gobarharpur]]
# [[Gokhar]]
# [[Gulalpur, Bewar|Gulalpur]]
# [[Hadua]]
# [[Hajipur Baran]]
# [[Harzapur]]
# [[Hasra]]
# [[Himayunpur]]
# [[Hindupur, Mainpuri|Hindupur]]
# [[Hradayarampur]]
# [[Hussainpur, Bewar|Hussainpur]]
# [[Isapur Khas]]
# [[Jagatpur Dikhat Mai]]
# [[Jagatpur Khas]]
# [[Jakha]]
# [[Jalalpur, Bewar|Jalalpur]]
# [[Jalalpur Dikhatmai]]
# [[Jamaura]]
# [[Janaura]]
# [[Jasarajpur]]
# [[Jasmai]]
# [[Jaswantnagar, Mainpuri|Jaswantnagar]]
# [[Jhandepur]]
# [[Jilhi]]
# [[Joga, Uttar Pradesh|Joga]]
# [[Jote, Uttar Pradesh|Jote]]
# [[Kamalpur Mahmoddia]]
# [[Karaujihar]]
# [[Karpiya]]
# [[Kaua Tanda]]
# [[Kausepur]]
# [[Kulipur]]
# [[Kundhi]]
# [[Kushalpur]]
# [[Lodhipur, Bewar|Lodhipur]]
# [[Maddapur Khas]]
# [[Maddapur Khurd]]
# [[Madhonagar]]
# [[Madhukarpur]]
# [[Madhupuri]]
# [[Mahadiya]]
# [[Mahanandpur]]
# [[Maheshpur, Mainpuri|Maheshpur]]
# [[Mallai Hussainpur]]
# [[Mallamai]]
# [[Mallunagar]]
# [[Manjhola]]
# [[Manpur Biku]]
# [[Manpur Hari]]
# [[Meerpur Chhadami]]
# [[Mirjapur, Mainpuri|Mirjapur]]
# [[Mohabbatpur Bhatwara]]
# [[Muddapur Bhogi]]
# [[Mundai, Mainpuri|Mundai]]
# [[Musepur]]
# [[Nabiganj, Mainpuri|Nabiganj]]
# [[Nagla Baal]]
# [[Nagla Devi]]
# [[Nagla Murar]]
# [[Nagla Pandey]]
# [[Nagla Penth]]
# [[Nagla Sudama]]
# [[Nagthari]]
# [[Naika Mau]]
# [[Nandulia]]
# [[Naseerpur]]
# [[Naurangabad, Mainpuri|Naurangabad]]
# [[Nijampur]]
# [[Noonari]]
# [[Padamner]]
# [[Palaudhi]]
# [[Paraunkha]]
# [[Patna Tilua]]
# [[Piyapur]]
# [[Pooranpur]]
# [[Pratappur, Mainpuri|Pratappur]]
# [[Prempur, Mainpuri|Prempur]]
# [[Puraia]]
# [[Rahuthara]]
# [[Raipur, Mainpuri|Raipur]]
# [[Rakra]]
# [[Ramnagar, Bewar (census code 126827)|Ramnagar]]
# [[Ramnagar, Bewar (census code 126839)|Ramnagar]]
# [[Rampur, Mainpuri|Rampur]]
# [[Rampura, Bewar|Rampura]]
# [[Saidpur, Bewar|Saidpur]]
# [[Sakat Bewar]]
# [[Sarai Mandu]]
# [[Saraichak Govindpur]]
# [[Shahjahanpur, Bewar|Shahjahanpur]]
# [[Sherpur Chuharpur]]
# [[Shivsinghpur]]
# [[Shyampur Bhatpura]]
# [[Sultanpur Nevada]]
# [[Syona]]
# [[Takharau Jiwanpur]]
# [[Tal Suhela]]
# [[Tarwa Dewa]]
# [[Tigwan]]
# [[Tikuri]]
# [[Tiliyani]]
# [[Todarpur, Mainpuri|Todarpur]]
# [[Umarpur, Mainpuri|Umarpur]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mainpuri district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Mainpuri district]]

Bewar, Mainpuri - Revision history

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