Ajgain | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 26.6193°N 80.6287°W[1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country India |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Unnao |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 3.244 |
Population Total: | 8926 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Registration Plate: | UP-35 |
Ajgain is a village in Nawabganj block of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located northeast of Unnao, near the main Lucknow-Kanpur road.[3] It has a railway station on the Lucknow-Kanpur line, lying between Sonik and Kusumbhi.[4] It holds a market on Mondays and Fridays, with grain and vegetables being the main items of trade.[4] As of 2011, the population of Ajgain is 8,926, in 1,481 households.[2]
Ajgain was originally called Bhanpara after its founder Bhan Singh, who was a Dikhit.[3] It was renamed at the behest of an astrologer to be more auspicious; the present name is derived from Aja, a name of Brahma the creator.[3] Ajgaon was made the headquarters of a pargana after Beni Bahadur Kayasth, the chief minister of Shuja-ud-Daula, was granted a jagir in the existing pargana of Jhalotar in 1770.[3] The two parganas were rejoined upon the British annexation of Oudh State in the 1850s, and from then on the combined pargana bore the name Jhalotar-Ajgain.[3]
At the turn of the 20th century, Ajgain was described as a large village, with a population of 2,431 people in 1901.[3] It had a train station by then, to the northwest of the village, and it also had a police thana and an upper primary school with about 70 students.[3]
The 1961 census recorded Ajgain as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 2,612 (1,372 male and 1,240 female), in 511 households and 456 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 810 acres.[4] It had a medical practitioner and a post office then.[4] It had one grain mill, one small miscellaneous food processing establishment, and nine bicycle repair shops.[4] Average attendance of the twice-weekly market was about 700 people.[4] It had a police force consisting of 2 sub-inspectors, 1 head constable, and 15 constables at the time.[4]