Panwari
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Panwari | |
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Village | |
 Map showing Panwari in Tundla block | |
  Panwari Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 27°15′53″N 78°13′58″E / 27.26479°N 78.23286°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Firozabad |
| Tehsil | Tundla |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.474 km2 (5.975 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 10,253 |
| • Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 283204 |
Panwari (Panwāṛī) is a large village in Tundla block of Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh. In addition to the main village site, the village lands also include around a dozen outlying hamlets. As of 2011, Panwari has a population of 10,253, in 1,515 households. Village was named after the Panwar clan of Rajputs.
The name Panwāṛī comes directly from the ordinary compound noun panwāṛī, which means a garden or other place where betel is grown.[2]: 47–8 [3]: 599 (Pan- is a variant of the usual Hindustani form of the word, pān, that is found when used as a prefix.) The word is ultimately derived from Sanskrit parṇa + vāṭikā.[3]: 599 Another place with the same name and etymology is Panwari in Hamirpur district.[2]: 47–8
History
Sometime before the 1800s, Panwari was held by local Muslim landowners, who built a small mud fort to the west of the main village site. Around the year 1800, the village was sold by auction and bought by a British plantation owner named Baillie, who established an indigo factory at Panwari. The village was later sold to a man named Gobind Parshad, who had previously been a servant in Baillie's employ; Gobind Parshad's descendants were still the main landowners in Panwari a century later. At that point, around the turn of the 20th century, Panwari was described as a large agricultural village which consisted of 16 distinct settlements (the main village site along with 15 outlying hamlets). Its population as of 1901 was 3,006. Administratively, it was part of pargana Itimadpur.[4]: 318