Elevation 117 m Population 15,777 (2001) | Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Local time Friday 7:08 AM | |
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Weather 17°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 88% Humidity | ||
Jarwal is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bahraich district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Contents
- Map of Jarwal Uttar Pradesh 271904
- Geography
- Demographics
- Sayyids of Jarwal
- Places with same name
- References
Map of Jarwal, Uttar Pradesh 271904
Geography
Jarwal is located at 27.17°N 81.55°E / 27.17; 81.55. It has an average elevation of 117 metres (383 feet).
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Jarwal had a population of 15,777. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jarwal has an average literacy rate of 34%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 42%, and female literacy is 26%. In Jarwal, 22% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Jarwal Road railway station
Sayyids of Jarwal
Many of the early Sufi saints that came to North India belonged to Sayyid families. Most of these Sayyid families came from Central Asia and Iran, but some also originate from Yemen, Oman, Iraq and Bahrain. Perhaps the most famous Sufi was Syed Salar Masud, from whom many of the Sayyid families of Awadh claim their descent. Sayyids of Jarwal (Bahraich), Kintoor (Barabanki) and Zaidpur (Barabanki) were well known Taluqadars (feudal lords) of Awadh province.
In Jarwal, Bahraich, the Sayyid line derived from Sayyid Zakariyya, who fled Iran during the Mongol invasion by Genghis Khan, obtaining a 15,000 bigha grant from the Delhi sovereign, Ghiyathu'd-Din. They got settled in Jarwal after moving from Persia to Lahore to Delhi to Barabanki. In 1800 the Jarwal Sayyids, some of them Shi‘is, displaced the Ansari Shaykhs and came to hold 276 out of 365 villages in the parganah, although their holdings thereafter declined rapidly to (a still formidable) 76 villages in 1877. Khateeb-ul-Iman Maulana Syed Muzaffar Husain Rizvi Tahir Jarwali (1932-Dec 1987) a Shia religious leader and social worker, was one of the prominent Jarwali Sayyid and celebrated preacher of late 20th century (1970s & 80s), he was also General Secretary of All India Shia Conference for some time.