Jalalpur Dhai

Coordinates: 26°00′33″N 81°08′50″E / 26.00909°N 81.147134°E / 26.00909; 81.147134
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Jalalpur Dhai
Jalālpur Dhai
Village
Map showing Jalalpur Dhai (#058) in Deenshah Gaura CD block
Map showing Jalalpur Dhai (#058) in Deenshah Gaura CD block
Jalalpur Dhai is located in Uttar Pradesh
Jalalpur Dhai
Jalalpur Dhai
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°00′33″N 81°08′50″E / 26.00909°N 81.147134°E / 26.00909; 81.147134[1]
Country India India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictRaebareli
Area
 • Total4.823 km2 (1.862 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total5,520
 • Density1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationUP-35

Jalalpur Dhai is a village in Deenshah Gaura block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located a short distance north of the Ganges, on the road from Dalmau to Mustafabad.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 5,520 people, in 966 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities.[2] Jalalpur Dhai hosts markets twice per week, on Wednesdays and Sundays, with cloth and vegetables being the main items traded.[4]

History[edit]

The old town of Dhai was supposedly founded by one Raja Dhai Sen before the Muslim conquest of the region, and then one Jalal-ud-Din Ansari founded the village of Jalalpur nearby.[3] Jalal-ud-Din received the village as a grant from Ibrahim Shah of the Jaunpur Sultanate, but by the turn of the 20th century his descendants only held one of the six mahals that made up the village (the others were held by Bais and Banias).[3] At that point, Jalalpur Dhai was described as "formerly a place of some importance, but it has now declined into a merely agricultural village".[3] It had a school and a small bazar called Fazalganj, which had been founded by Sheikh Fazal Ali, a follower of Raja Darshan Singh.[3] There were also two tombs belonging to Saidan Shah and Bahlol, followers of the Muslim folk hero Ghazi Sayyid Salar Masud.[3] The village's population in 1901 was 1,803 people, including 659 Muslims.[3]

The 1961 census recorded Jalalpur Dhai as comprising 8 hamlets, with a total population of 2,487 people (1,273 male and 1,214 female), in 503 households and 466 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 1,297 acres and it had a post office and a medical practitioner at that point.[4] Average attendance of the twice-weekly market was listed as about 200 people.[4]

The 1981 census recorded Jalalpur Dhai as having a population of 3,031 people, in 683 households, and having an area of 524.89 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census 2011 India. pp. 331–47. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Nevill, H.R. (1905). Rai Bareli: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXIX Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh. Allahabad: Government Press. p. 183. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. 175, lxxxvi-lxxxvii of section "Dalmau Tahsil". Retrieved 19 August 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 174–5. Retrieved 19 August 2021.