Bewar, Mainpuri
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Bewar is a town and
nagar panchayat A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...
in
Bhongaon Bhogaon or Bhongaon is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mainpuri district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The Grand Trunk Road passes through Bhogaon and National Highway 92 originates from here. Demographics India census A census (f ...
tehsil of
Mainpuri district Mainpuri district () is one of the Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts in the Agra division of Uttar Pradesh, India. Mainpuri town is the district headquarters. It consists of six tehsils, namely Mainpuri, Bhongaon, Karhal, Kishni, Kuraoli, K ...
, Uttar Pradesh. Historically the seat of a ''
pargana Pargana or parganah, also spelt pergunnah, equivalent to Mohallah as a subunit of Subah (Suba), was a type of former administrative division in the Indian subcontinent during the time of the Delhi Sultanate, Mughal and British Colonial empire ...
'' and tehsil, it today serves as the seat of a
community development block In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of District, administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). T ...
. As of 2011, Bewar had a population of 23,729, in 4,202 households.


Name

Local
folk etymology Folk etymology – also known as (generative) popular etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation – is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a mo ...
derives the name "Bewar" from the ber plant, hence the local pronunciation "Berwar". According to Paul Whalley, the name is instead derived from the Sanskrit word
vyāpāra
', which means business, trade, or commerce, and in this case would denote a place where commercial activity takes place.


Geography

Bewar is located about 27 km east of
Mainpuri Mainpuri (; ) is a city in Mainpuri district in the States and territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Mainpuri district and is 55 km from Etawah and 294  km from New Delhi. Mainp ...
, the district headquarters, at the crossroads with the
Etawah Etawah (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ''Iṭāvā''), also known as Ishtikapuri, is a city situated on the banks of Yamuna River in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Etawa ...
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Farrukhabad Farrukhabad is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Farrukhabad tehsil. This city is on the banks of river Ganges is from the national capital Delhi and from the state capital Lucknow. His ...
highway.
Bhongaon Bhogaon or Bhongaon is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mainpuri district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The Grand Trunk Road passes through Bhogaon and National Highway 92 originates from here. Demographics India census A census (f ...
, the tehsil headquarters, is 13 km away.


History

At the turn of the 20th century, Bewar was both a tehsil and ''
pargana Pargana or parganah, also spelt pergunnah, equivalent to Mohallah as a subunit of Subah (Suba), was a type of former administrative division in the Indian subcontinent during the time of the Delhi Sultanate, Mughal and British Colonial empire ...
'' headquarters. It was noted for its "fairly large and important bazar", where numerous shops did business selling cloth, grain, and sweets. Bewar then had a police station, schools for boys and girls, a post office, and a military encampment. The Bewar branch canal had been constructed in 1880, and a telegraph office had been set up at Bewar, both to coordinate water flow at regulators and escapes and also for general public use. At the time, the village of Bewar included 6 hamlets, with a total population of 4,209 people.


Demographics

As of the 2011 census, Bewar had a population of 23,729, in 4,202 households. This population was 52.5% male (12,456) and 47.5% female (11,273). The 0-6 age group numbered 3,342 (1,782 male and 1,560 female), or 14.1% of the total population. 6,111 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 25.8% of the total. The town's literacy rate was 72.3% (counting only people age 7 and up).


Economy

The most important commodities produced in Bewar are sweets,
mustard oil Mustard oil can mean either the pressed oil used for cooking or a pungent essential oil, also known as volatile oil, of the mustard plant. The essential oil results from grinding mustard seed, mixing the grounds with water, and isolating the resu ...
, and clay pots. As of 2009, Karhal had 2 nationalised banks, 0 private commercial banks, 2 cooperative banks, and 2 agricultural credit societies.


Infrastructure

As of 2011, Bewar has 1 hospital with 30 beds, 41 medicine shops, 23 schools teaching at the primary level, and 9 schools teaching at the secondary level, as well as a public library. Drinking water is provided by tap, from a treated source. Water is stored in overhead tank(s), with a total capacity of 1,400 kilolitres. The town has a local fire department.


List of villages under Bewar block

The following 157 villages are counted as part of Bewar CD block: # Ahimalpur # Ahinkaripur # Ahmadpur Karuamai # Akbarpur Biku # Akbarpur Ganu # Amhira # Apoor Pur # Aram Sarai # Athalakra # Baghpur # Bahdinpur # Bahramau # Bajhera # Bajpur # Bakipur # Banakia # Bankahar # Bara # Barauli # Beerpur Khas # Bewar Grameem # Bhainsroli # Bhawalpur # Bhilampur # Bhur Bakain # Bhur Haar # Bhur Patia # Bikkapur #
Bilpur Hussainpur Bilpur Husainpur () is a village in Bewar block of Mainpuri district Mainpuri district () is one of the Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts in the Agra division of Uttar Pradesh, India. Mainpuri town is the district headquarters. It con ...
# Bilsara # Binodpur # Biraimpur Satdhara # Chandanpur # Chandanpura # Chanepur # Chaumajhee # Chhabilepur # Chhinkaura Garhia # Chilaunsa # Chirawar # Daleeppur Naraini # Danpatti # Daudpur # Dayant Nagar Mata # Deoraniyan # Dharmangadpur # Dhumaspur # Dikhatmai # Durjanpur # Fatehpur Gani # Gadda Haar # Gagarwala # Gazianpur # Gaziyanpur # Gobarharpur # Gokhar # Gulalpur # Hadua # Hajipur Baran # Harzapur # Hasra # Himayunpur #
Hindupur Hindupuram is the largest city in Sri Sathya Sai district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located to the edge of the Andhra–Karnataka border and is the headquarters of Hindupuram mandalam. Hindupuram is the Parliamentary Cons ...
# Hradayarampur # Hussainpur # Isapur Khas # Jagatpur Dikhat Mai # Jagatpur Khas # Jakha # Jalalpur # Jalalpur Dikhatmai # Jamaura # Janaura # Jasarajpur # Jasmai # Jaswantnagar # Jhandepur # Jilhi # Joga # Jote # Kamalpur Mahmoddia # Karaujihar # Karpiya # Kaua Tanda # Kausepur # Kulipur # Kundhi # Kushalpur # Lodhipur # Maddapur Khas # Maddapur Khurd # Madhonagar # Madhukarpur # Madhupuri # Mahadiya # Mahanandpur # Maheshpur # Mallai Hussainpur # Mallamai # Mallunagar # Manjhola # Manpur Biku # Manpur Hari # Meerpur Chhadami # Mirjapur # Mohabbatpur Bhatwara # Muddapur Bhogi # Mundai # Musepur # Nabiganj # Nagla Baal # Nagla Devi # Nagla Murar # Nagla Pandey # Nagla Penth # Nagla Sudama # Nagthari # Naika Mau # Nandulia # Naseerpur # Naurangabad # Nijampur # Noonari # Padamner # Palaudhi # Paraunkha # Patna Tilua # Piyapur # Pooranpur # Pratappur # Prempur # Puraia # Rahuthara #
Raipur Raipur ( ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Raipur is also the administrative headquarters of Raipur district and Raipur division, and the largest city of the state. It was a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Chh ...
# Rakra # Ramnagar # Ramnagar # Rampur # Rampura # Saidpur # Sakat Bewar # Sarai Mandu # Saraichak Govindpur #
Shahjahanpur Shahjahanpur () is a municipal corporation, town and district headquarters of Shahjahanpur District in Western Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located between Bareilly and Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. History Shahjahanpur was establi ...
# Sherpur Chuharpur # Shivsinghpur # Shyampur Bhatpura # Sultanpur Nevada # Syona # Takharau Jiwanpur # Tal Suhela # Tarwa Dewa # Tigwan # Tikuri # Tiliyani # Todarpur # Umarpur


References

{{Mainpuri district Cities and towns in Mainpuri district