Gauria Kalan | |
Other Name: | Gauria Kalān |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 26.8079°N 81.1449°W[1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Lucknow |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 5.604 |
Elevation M: | 114 |
Population Total: | 3963 |
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 |
Gauria Kalan is a village in Gosainganj block of Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] As of 2011, its population is 3,963, in 717 households. It is the seat of a gram panchayat.[3]
Gauria Kalan was historically the seat of the Gauria Kalan taluqdari estate, which was held by a family of Siddiqui Sheikhs.[4] The family's ancestor, Shah Rafi-ud-Din, came from Delhi at the time of Babur. His grandson, Sheikh Tahir, founded Tahirpur and served as qanungo of the pargana of Amethi, and he was the one who added Gauria Kalan to the estate. His brothers were ancestors of related estates at Mahmudabad and Dhaurahra respectively. At the turn of the 20th century, the Gauria Kalan taluqdars held two estates (the other being Nizampur), consisting of six villages and two pattis. The head of the family was Majid Husain, who held the estate along with his brothers Ashraf Husain, Muhammad Ali, and Ahmad Ali.