Nawabganj, Barabanki

Nawabganj is a town in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a tehsil and nagar parishad for Barabanki town. It is one of the constituent entities of Barabanki city, which is District HQ of Barabanki district.

History
Nawabganj has been known as such since the Nawabi.

Battle of Nawabganj
Battle of Nawabganj was a conflict between rebel sepoys, troops of Oudh State and local Taluqdars and troops of East India Company from 12 to 14 June 1857 during Indian Mutiny.

During the Sepoy war of 1857-1858 the whole of the Bara Banki taluqdars joined the mutineers, but offered no serious resistance after the capture of Lucknow. In the battle of Nawabganj in 1857 at Nawabganj Sir Hope Grant defeated the revolutionaries. Raja Balbhadra Singh Chehlari along with other 1000 revolutionaries were killed in action while fighting British at Obri around 2 km from Barabanki on the confluence of riverlets Rait and Jamuria.

British Rule
During British rule Nawabganj headquarters of tehsil and pargana of same name. Area of Nawabganj Pargana around 1878 was 79 square miles and it was bounded in North by Ramnagar and Fatehpur, on the east by Daryabad, on the west by Dewa, and on south by Partabganj. Out of 77 villages, 44 were taluqdari and 33 Mufrad. Out of 44 taluqdari villages 25 were held by Jahngirabad Estate, the rest were divided between several neighbouring estates. Nawabganj contained village of Bara Banki which had civil railway station having junction on Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway (about half a mile north of the town).

Geography
Nawabganj is located at 26.94°N, 81.19°W. It has an average elevation of 93 metres (305 feet).

Demographics
India census, Nawabganj had a population of 75,087. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nawabganj has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 62%. In Nawabganj, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Tehsil Nawabganj
Tehsil Nawabganj has 4 Block panchayats, they are:
 * 1) Banki,
 * 2) Dewa,
 * 3) Harakh,
 * 4) Masauli

Nagar Parishad Nawabganj
The Municipal Board Nawabganj, Barabanki, was the first to be constituted in the district and came into existence on 16 July 1884, under the North-Western provinces and Oudh Municipalities Act, 1883. It had Nine members of whom four were elected, the rest including the chairman were nominated officials, later it came to be administered under the North-Western provineces and Oudh Municipalities Act, 1883. Its affairs were managed by a board of 09 members and a Chairman, who used to be the Deputy Commissinoer. The income of the board was derived mainly from house tax, boll tax and tax on weigh man and brokers. Other sources of income included octori, license fee, rent, tahbazari and fines. However the U.P. Municipalities Act 1916 liberalised the municipal constitution, introduced communal representation and relaxed government control over the finances of nagar palika.

Nagar Palika Parishad, Nawabganj, Barabanki has been put under the category of first-class board, covering an area of 12 km². Comprising a population of 75,741 according to census 2001. There are seventeen substantive post of certralised services, thirty-two post of 3rd graded employees and 362 of all category of fourth-class employees, in this Palika. It consists of seven sections for providing civic amenities to its citizens, they are:


 * Revenue Section
 * Public Works Section
 * Health and Sanitation Section
 * Water Works
 * Street Light
 * Nazul
 * Accounts, Establishment & Records

Nagar Palika Parishad Nawabganj has 25 wards, they are:

Health infrastructure
Tehsil Nawabganj has following health infrastructure:
 * Health centres – 7
 * PHCs – 8
 * Sub centres – 17