Ganj Muradabad 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
Bangarmau
Bangarmau is a tehsil and a municipal board in Unnao district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located on high ground overlooking the left bank of the Kalyani river, about 50 km northwest of Unnao and 22 km northwest of Saf ...
tehsil of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
It also serves as the headquarters 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 ...
containing 86 rural villages.
Handicrafts are a major industry.
As of 2011 Ganj Moradabad had a population of 10,957, in 1,723 households.
Ganj Muradabad was established by Murad Sher Khan,He was the Nawab of Afghanistan. Murad Sher Khan came to India in the 17th century and named it Muradabad after himself. "murad"+"abad"(establisher)=Muradabad. He had a palace here which was famous by the name of Bara Dari. It is now broken due to being old, but the badi masjid built by him still exists and is quite popular.His descendants are still present here.
"HIS FAMILY SHIJRA"
•Murad Sher Khan
•Karam Diwan Sher Khan
•Malak Sher Khan
•Sher Ali Khan
•Vakeel Khan
•Shakil Khan
•Shayan Khan
This place is also famous for the shrine of one of the prominent saint of naqshbandiya golden Chain Gaus E Zaman
Maulana Shah Fazl-e-Rahman Ganj Muradabadi, Maulvi Shah Abdul Kareem sb, Maulvi Abdul Haleem sb, Faizullah Shah Baba. This town is protected from all corners by these personalities.
One can visit Ganjmuradabad by bus as well as train. There are daily bus service from (Jhakar Katti) near Kanpur Station to Ganjmuradabad its 85 km from there. From Lucknow one has to go to Kaisar Bagh Bus stand there are only four bus service available in the morning till 1 pm ganjmuradabad is 90 km from there. One can also come from Hardoi as well as Unnao its hardly 55 km from there.
Agra Lucknow Expressway
Agra ( ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is the ...
is 3 km. from here.
Demographics
India
census
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Ganj Muradabad had a population of 9377. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Ganj Muradabad has an average literacy rate of 38%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 44%, and female literacy is 31%. In Ganj Muradabad, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The
2011 census recorded Ganj Muradabad's population as 10,957 people, in 1,723 households.
The population consisted of 5,766 males and 5,191 females, with a corresponding sex ratio of 900 females to every 1000 males.
The sex ratio in the 0-6 age group was 951, which was higher than the district urban average of 903.
Members of
scheduled castes made up 7.82% of the town's population, while no members of
scheduled tribes were recorded.
The
literacy rate
Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...
of Ganj Muradabad was 53.5% (counting only people age 7 and up); literacy was higher among men and boys (59.5%) than among women and girls (46.8%).
The female literacy rate of Ganj Moradabad was the lowest among towns in Unnao district.
In terms of employment, Ganj Muradabad had the highest percentage of main workers (i.e. people employed for at least 6 months per year) among towns in Unnao district in 2011, with 30.6% falling into this category.
Marginal workers (i.e. people employed for less than 6 months per year) made up 12.1%, and the remaining 57.3% were non-workers.
Employment status varied significantly according to gender, with 53.2% of men being either main or marginal workers, compared to 30.9% of women.
Villages
Ganj Muradabad CD block has the following 86 villages:
References
{{Unnao district
Cities and towns in Unnao district