{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Thulendi | native_name = Ṭhulendī | native_name_lang = | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = Bachhrawan block map.png | map_caption = Map showing Thulendi (#829) in Bachhrawan CD block | pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | coordinates = {{coord|26.450743|N|81.150716|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |archive-date=April 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412035207/https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |title=GeoNames Search |access-date=2023-05-16 |lang=en}}</ref> | subdivision_type = Country India | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Uttar Pradesh | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Raebareli | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/> | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = 9.30 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 6616 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/> | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Hindi | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = | registration_plate = UP-35 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Thulendi''' is a village in Bachhrawan block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=74–90 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0927_PART_A_DCHB_RAE%20BARELI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref> It is located 6 km from Bachhrawan, the block headquarters,<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli |date=1982 |pages=30–1 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1298/1/50861_1981_RAE.pdf |access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref> on an elevated plain with clayey soil.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Rai Bareli: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXIX Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1905 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=229–30 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35020 |access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref> A historic village, Thulendi served as a pargana headquarters from the early 1400s until the late 1700s, and it has several old monuments including a fort built under the Jaunpur Sultanate and two large tanks othat are said to be even older.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> As of 2011, Thulendi's population was 6,616, in 1,195 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/>
Thulendi hosts a fair on the first Friday in Jeth in honour of the 11th-century Muslim folk hero Ghazi Sayyid Salar Masud.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> Pilgrims bring banners and rest there for one night before proceeding to Satrikh and Bahraich.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/>
==History== Thulendi was supposedly founded by a Bhar chieftain named Thula.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> It was then supposedly conquered from the Bhars by Malik Taj-ud-Din, a companion of the 11th-century Muslim folk hero Ghazi Sayyid Salar Masud.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> Malik Taj-ud-Din supposedly called the place "Maliknagar" and constructed the two large mud-built tanks in the village (one on the north side and the other on the south) called the "bara hauz" and the "chhota hauz".<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> He was killed by the resurgent Bhars when they retook Thulendi, and his tomb is still extant.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/>
In the early 1400s, Ibrahim Shah of the Jaunpur Sultanate made Thulendi the seat of a pargana.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> The old mud fort in Thulendi was built in 820 AH, during Ibrahim Shah's reign.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> Thulendi remained seat of a pargana until the late 1700s, under Asaf-ud-Daula, when the governor Raja Niwaz Singh relocated the headquarters to Bachhrawan.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> Raja Niwaz Singh built a large haveli in Thulendi that is still standing.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> He also built a sarai, but it was in ruins by the early 1900s.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/>
At the turn of the 20th century, Thulendi was described as a large village or small town, surrounded by orchards and possessing several sites of historical interest.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> It had two masonry mosques, five temples of Mahadeo, a large primary school, and a bazar that held markets on Thursdays and Sundays.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> Its population in 1901 was 2,976, including 944 Muslims; the most prominent Hindu groups were the Pasis, the Brahmins, and the Muraos.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/>
The 1961 census recorded Thulendi as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 2,888 people (1,391 male and 1,497 female), in 624 households and 581 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=x-xi of section "Maharajganj Tahsil"|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1047/1/22852_1961_RAE.pdf |access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 2,304 acres and it had a post office at the time.<ref name="Census 1961"/>
The 1981 census recorded Thulendi as having a population of 3,968 people, in 870 households, and having an area of 929.97 hectares.<ref name="Census 1981"/>
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{{Raebareli district}}
Category:Villages in Raebareli district