Dewaitha

Dewaitha Daudpur
Village
Purani Masjid of Dewaitha built in 1605 by Raja Daud Khan, founder of Dewaitha,
Dewaitha Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 25°21′50″N83°38′38″E / 25.364°N 83.644°E / 25.364; 83.644
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Established	1605;418 years ago (1605)
Founded by	Raja Daud Khan
Government
• Type	Panchayati Raj (India)
• Body	Gram Pradhan
Area
• Total	442.22 ha (1,092.75 acres)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	7,104
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Demonym	Kamsari
Languages
• Official	Bhojpuri, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	232326 [1]
Telephone code	05497
Vehicle registration	UP 61

Dewaitha is a village in Dildarnagar Kamsar, Ghazipur, India, on the banks of the Karmanasa River. The village had a population of 7,706 as of the 2011 Census of India and a land area of 1,043 acres. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [ when? ]} Most of the people living in the village are Kamsar Pathan.

History

Dewaitha village was established by Raja Sarkar Diwan Daud Khan a descendents of Narhar Khan in year 1605 who was great grand son of Narhar Khan. His descendents are known as Kamsar Pathans. His cousin was Raja Sarkar Diwan Kuttul Khan who established a large Jagir estate name as Kamsar Jagir and build a fort at Seorai during later years of Akbar's rule, his jagir was spread over 52 villages. But later he was killed in a fight with a zamindar of Reotipur name as Man singh rai. Daud Khan after taking revenge of his cousin's death became noble man of his time and was a big zamindar of the region and establish Daudpur estate after his name. It was a big estate which had many villages with its capital being Dewaitha. He also built a soldier setelment at Village name Daudpur (after his name) and a Fort at dewaitha which is converted into ruins. ^[6]

His legacy of Zamindarana and jagirdarana continued in his family with corporation. During the region of a Nawab Yad Ali Khan raies , sixth generation grandson gained a lot of power over this area and Daudpur region gained a lot of power. During Yad's region the Nawab of Ghazipur was, Fazal Ali Khan.(son of Sheikh Abdullah) the Ghazipur region gained a lot of power. Now Yad Ali's family is known a Atho Ghar. Its last lambardari and zamindari was headed by Wasil Khan, The family also had its riayat and kot in the village. He was appointed as the caretaker of the village and after independence Wasil Khan became the first pradhan of dewaitha . Some parts of the Daudpur region was under Vizianagaram princely state during late British raj. ^{[5] [7] [8] [6]}

Demographics

As of the 2011 Census of India, the total area of the village was 442.22 hectares. The village had a total population of 7,104 and 917 households. ^{[2] [5] [4]}

Population Growth of Dewaitha

Year Pop. ±% 1861 5,652 —     1871 3,640 −35.6% 1881 4,004 +10.0% 1891 4,404 +10.0% 1901 4,800 +9.0% 1911 5,328 +11.0% 1921 5,595 +5.0% 1931 6,200 +10.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1941 6,802 +9.7% 1951 6,230 −8.4% 1961 5,870 −5.8% 1971 6,130 +4.4% 1981 6,740 +10.0% 1991 6,193 −8.1% 2001 5,713 −7.8% 2011 7,104 +24.3%
Source:Census of India [9] [10]

References

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6. Ansari, Saiyad Hasan (1986). "Evolution and Spatial organisation of Clan settlements in Middle ganga valley. A book by Ansari Sayed Hasaan (1986)".
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9. "Census of India". mospi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
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