Garhi Sanjar Khan

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Garhi Sanjar Khan
Village
Malihabad block map.png
Map showing Garhi Sanjar Khan (#109) in Malihabad CD block
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Lucknow
Area
[1]
  Total
1.046 km2 (0.404 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total
2,833
  Density2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi)
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)

Garhi Sanjar Khan is a village in Malihabad block of Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh, India. [1] It is located immediately to the west of Malihabad, and it is surrounded by the Behta river on three sides. [2] Markets are held here twice per week. [2] The main staple foods are wheat and rice. [3] As of 2011, Garhi Sanjar Khan has a population of 2,833 people, in 520 households. [1]

History

Originally called Bulakinagar, Garhi Sanjar Khan was the first site that the Amanzai Pathans came to in the region. [2] Their ancestor, Diwan Muhammad Khan, was originally from Banair, near Peshawar, and had been invited to Hindustan by Darya Khan Lodi. [2] Diwan Muhammad Khan's sons, Kawal Khan and Bahadur Khan, were then followers of Darya Khan's sons, Diler Khan (governor of Awadh) and Bahadur Khan (governor of Kabul). [2] The brothers Kawal and Bahadur came to Bulakinagar in 1656; Bahadur's son Sarmast Khan later left and settled in nearby Bakhtiyarnagar, while Kawal Khan's son Sanjar Khan remained in Bulakinagar and gave the village its present name of Garhi Sanjar Khan. [2] Sanjar Khan's descendants remained the zamindars of the village into the 20th century. [2] The last of these great zamindars, Arshad Ullah Khan passed away 9 May 1988 in his ancestral mansion "Amjad Mahal".

The 1961 census recorded Garhi Sanjar Khan as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 1,340 (706 male and 634 female), in 267 households and 226 physical houses. [4] The area of the village was given as 259 acres. [4]

The 1981 census recorded Garhi Sanjar Khan as having a population of 1,951 people, in 331 households, and covering an area of 104.82 hectares. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Lucknow, Part A (Village and Town Directory)". Census 2011 India. pp. 94–111. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nevill, H.R. (1904). Lucknow - A Gazetteer. Allahabad: Government Press. p. 183. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Lucknow. 1982. pp. 32–3. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. 1 2 Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (38 - Lucknow District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. x-xi of section "Malihabad Tahsil". Retrieved 20 July 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)