Zahurabad, Ghazipur

Zahurabad Jahurabad
Village
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Established	1526 (1526)
Founded by	Zamindar Seikh Zahur Khan
Government
• Type	Panchayati Raj (India)
• Body	Gram Pradhan
Area
• Total	630.43 ha (1,557.83 acres)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	6,541
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Demonym	Zahurabadi
Languages
• Official	Bhojpuri, Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	232326
Telephone code	05497
Vehicle registration	UP 61

Zahurabad or Jahurabad is a village and a block in Kasimabad,Ghazipur tehsil of Ghazipur District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Zahurabad also gives its name to the Zahoorabad Assembly Constituency. Zahurabad was a Jagir and was ruled by the family of Nawab Sheikh Abdullah, the family of Zahurabad, Bahadurganj and Qasimabad. As per 1901 Census of India Zahurabad pargana had a total population of 69589 and was spread over 79868 acres.

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.