Fufuao
Fufuao
Firozpur | |
|---|---|
village | |
| Rampur Phuphuaon | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ghazipur |
| Established | 1640 |
| Founded by | Zamindar Firoz Khan |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Area | |
• Total | 443 ha (1,095 acres) |
| • Land | 433.894 ha (1,072.175 acres) |
| • Water | 9.106 ha (22.501 acres) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,095 |
| • Density | 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[2] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UP |
| Website | up |
Fufuao or Rampur Phuphuaon is a village of Kamsar in Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[1][3]
History
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The village was established by Zamindar Firoz Khan in 1640s, who was a grandson of Sarkar Dewan Quttul Khan Zamindar Jagirdar taluka Seorai and great-grandson of Narhar Khan founder of Kamsar. The village got its name as Fufuao because as per the beliefs, a daughter of Daud Khan's family of Dewaitha was married to Firoz Khan or his early family members , because of which, people of Dewaitha started calling it, Fufuao which translates to "the house of Phuphi" meaning "house of Aunt". The village also has the name Rampur because when Firoz Khan build his house many hindu families came and build there houses naming there colony as Rampur after a couple of centuries population increased and both the villages merged ,Rampur becoming a part of Fufuaon village, during Mughal and British era, Fufuao was a part of Daudpur region of Dewaitha[4][5][6]
Demographics
[edit]As of 2011 Indian Census, Fufuao had a total population of 3,095, of which 1,574 were males and 1,521 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 507. The total number of literates in Fufuao was 1,998, which constituted 64.6% of the population with male literacy of 72.6% and female literacy of 56.3%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Fufuao was 77.2%, of which male literacy rate was 87.9% and female literacy rate was 66.4%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 797 and 6 respectively. Fufuao had 452 households in 2011.[1] The main population of the village lived in an area of more than 60 acres.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1861 | 972 | — |
| 1871 | 1,000 | +2.9% |
| 1881 | 1,020 | +2.0% |
| 1891 | 1,070 | +4.9% |
| 1901 | 1,150 | +7.5% |
| 1911 | 1,265 | +10.0% |
| 1921 | 1,392 | +10.0% |
| 1931 | 1,532 | +10.1% |
| 1941 | 1,715 | +11.9% |
| 1951 | 1,700 | −0.9% |
| 1961 | 1,545 | −9.1% |
| 1971 | 2,318 | +50.0% |
| 1981 | 2,596 | +12.0% |
| 1991 | 2,865 | +10.4% |
| 2001 | 2,900 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 3,095 | +6.7% |
| Source:Census of India[7][8][9] | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Census of India: Fufuao". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Bhulekh". upbhulekh.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Zamania thesil population, Ghazipur District, Uttar Pradesh, India".
- ^ "Rampur Phuphuaon village in Zamania thesil pincode".
- ^ Ek nama, Kamsar ki tareekh (2000). Kamsarnama (in Hindi). Ghazipur: Kamsar publications.
- ^ "Census of India". mospi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
- ^ "2011 census of India".
- ^ "Historical Census of India". Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
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