{{Short description|Village in Uttar Pradesh, India}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Panwari | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = Tundla block Panwari.png | map_caption = Map showing Panwari in Tundla block | pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | coordinates = {{coord|27.26479|N|78.23286|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = India | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Uttar Pradesh | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Firozabad | subdivision_type3 = Tehsil | subdivision_name3 = Tundla | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011 A"/> | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = 15.474 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 10253 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011 A"/> | demographics_type1 = | demographics1_title1 = | demographics1_info1 = | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 283204 | registration_plate = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Panwari''' ({{IAST|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.
== Name == The name ''Panwāṛī'' comes directly from the ordinary compound noun ''panwāṛī'', which means a garden or other place where betel is grown.<ref name="Whalley 1923">{{cite journal |last1=Whalley |first1=Paul |title=Place-Names in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, Chapter II, Part 3 |journal=The Journal of the United Provinces Historical Society |date=1923 |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=47–87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PwdDAAAAYAAJ |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>{{rp|47-8}}<ref name="Oxford Hindi-English">{{cite book |editor1-last=McGregor |editor1-first=R. S. |title=The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary |date=1993 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-864339-X}}</ref>{{rp|599}} (''Pan-'' is a variant of the usual Hindustani form of the word, ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/पान#Hindi pān]'', that is found when used as a prefix.)<!-- Oxford Hindi-English, p. 599 --> The word is ultimately derived from Sanskrit ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/पर्ण#Sanskrit parṇa]'' + ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/वाटिका#Sanskrit vāṭikā]''.<ref name="Oxford Hindi-English"/>{{rp|599}} Another place with the same name and etymology is Panwari in Hamirpur district.<ref name="Whalley 1923"/>{{rp|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.<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 318 --> 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.<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 318 --> 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.<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 318 --> 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).<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 318 --> Its population as of 1901 was 3,006.<!-- Gazetteer 1905, p. 318 --> Administratively, it was part of ''pargana'' Itimadpur.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905">{{cite book |editor1-last=Nevill |editor1-first=H. R. |title=Agra: A Gazetteer, Being Volume VIII of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh |date=1905 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.07292 |access-date=18 November 2023}}</ref>{{rp|318}}
== Demographics == As of 2011, Panwari had a population of 10,253, in 1,515 households.<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|71}} This population was 53.4% male (5,473) and 46.6% female (4,780).<!-- Census 2011 B, p. 86 --> The 0-6 age group numbered 1,666 (870 male and 796 female), making up 16.2% of the total population.<!-- Census 2011 B, p. 86 --> 2,568 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 25.0% of the total.<!-- Census 2011 B, p. 87 --><ref name="Census 2011 B">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Firozabad, Part B (Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1211/download/3858/DH_2011_0916_PART_B_DCHB_FIROZABAD.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|86-7}}
The 1981 census recorded Panwari (as "Pamari") as having a population of 6,430 people (3,631 male and 2,799 female), in 1,052 households and 1,032 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-B: Village & Town Directory, District Agra |date=1982 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28672/download/31854/28391_1981_AGR.pdf |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>{{rp|162-3}}
The 1961 census recorded Panwari as comprising 14 hamlets, with a total population of 4,344 people (2,358 male and 1,986 female), in 692 households and 651 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 3,819 acres and it had a post office and medical practitioner at that point.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (22 - Agra District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28472/download/31654/21841_1961_AGR.pdf |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>{{rp|lxxxii}}
== Infrastructure == As of 2011, Panwari had 3 primary schools; it did not have any healthcare facilities.<!-- Census 2011 A, p. 71-2 --> Drinking water was provided by hand pump; there were no public toilets.<!-- Census 2011 A, p. 73 --> The village had a sub post office but no public library; there was at least some access to electricity for all purposes.<!-- Census 2011 A, p. 74, 6 --> Streets were made of both ''kachcha'' and ''pakka'' materials.<!-- Census 2011 A, p. 75 --><ref name="Census 2011 A">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Firozabad, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1210/download/3854/DH_2011_0916_PART_A_DCHB_FIROZABAD.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|71-6}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Firozabad district}}
Category:Villages in Firozabad district