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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Zahurabad
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Zahurabadi
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bhojpuri]], [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 232326
| registration_plate = UP 61
| area_code = 05497
| population_total = 6541
| website =
| footnotes =
| official_name =
| founder = Zamindar Seikh Zahur Khan
| area_total_acre =
| area_total_ha = 630.43
| area_land_ha =
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| population_as_of = 2011
| elevation_m = 70
| native_name =
| subdivision_type = Country
| native_name_lang = [[Hindi]]
| other_name = Jahurabad
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =
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| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position =
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| elevation_footnotes =
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ghazipur district|Ghazipur]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date = {{start date and age|1526}}
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Panchayati Raj (India)]]
| governing_body = [[Sarpanch|Gram Pradhan]]
| unit_pref = Founder
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'''Zahurabad''' or '''Jahurabad''' is a [[village]] and a block in [[Kasimabad,Ghazipur]] [[tehsil]] of [[Ghazipur district|Ghazipur District]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. Zahurabad also gives its name to the [[Zahoorabad (Assembly constituency)|Zahoorabad Assembly Constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Zahurabad Constituency|url=https://m.patrika.com/ghazipur-news/zahoorabad-constituency-in-ghazipur-district-1412679/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> Zahurabad was a Jagir and was ruled by the family of [[Nawab Sheikh Abdullah]], the family of [[Zaheerabad|Zahurabad]], [[Bahadurganj, Ghazipur|Bahadurganj]] and [[Kasimabad, Ghazipur|Qasimabad]]. As per [[1901 Census of India]] Zahurabad pargana had a total population of 69589 and was spread over [[Acre|79868 acres]]. <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Ghazipur gaztteer|url=https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/37271|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
==History==
During Mughals and Britisg Zahurabad was a jagir and was also a capital of Zahurabad estate. Later, it became a pargana and had an area of 79868 acres. The Zahurabad was primarily populated by large population of Pathans.
The population of Zahurabad villagw in year 1881 was 1502 later, in 1891 it dropped to 1463 and in year 1901 it was 1271 of whom 556 were Muslims. The total geographical area of the village in 1901 was 445 acres which consisted of Zahurabad, Mustafabad, Shakarpur Kurd and was kept on a revenue demand of rupees 721 in year 1908. Where as, the total land spread of Zahurabad Village was 24,337 acres which was one of the largest zamindari villages in Uttar Pradesh.

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