Hardoi

A Brief Profile
Brief History of the District
The early history of the district is based on traditions and legendary allusions of Shiva
Purana which relates Hardoi with to Thathera king of Hiranya Kashyap who called
himself the God. As per the legend ‘Hardoi’ has been derived from the word ‘Haridrohi’. It
is believed from Puranas a king named Hirnakashyap ruled the district in the olden
times. Hirnakashyap was an enemy of God Vishnu and his son named Prahalad was
given severe punishments for the reason that Prahalad was a devotee of Vishnu. Upon
this Vishnu had to incarnate himself as Narsingh and killed the king. Since Hirnakashyap
hated the God, thus the place derived its name as Haridrohi
which in course of time become Hardoi. According to some scholars, the term "Hardoi"
originated from the term "Haridwaya" which means two gods. Since there were two
gods, Vamana Bhagavan (in the regime of King Bali) and Narasimha Bhagavan (in the
regime of King Hiranyakashipu) had been incarnated hence the place called Haridwaya
and later called Hardoi.
There is another legend who says that there was a chieftain named ‘Harnakas’ who too
was an enemy of God which may be another reason for its name as Haridrohi. There is
another version about this that Hardoi was founded by Hardev Baksa. This is also
confirmed by the fact that there still exists a Mohalla (locality) in the name of Hardev
Baksa. As per one more opinion there was a great saint Hardev Baba from which the
district derived its name.

Mallawa, Bilgram, Pihani, Shahabad, Sandila & Ruiyaa are the places of historical
significance. According to some historians Mallawa was colonized by Buddhists while
some believed that Sayyed Salar Masood Gazi came here. Earlier this area Mallawa
was district headquarter. The ancient name of Bilgram is "SRINAGAR" its present name
Bilgram was given by some associates of Mahmood Gajnavi. Pihani is derived by
persian word Pinhani (place of shelter), it is believed that king of Moughal dynasty
Humayun took shelter in the forest of Pihani when he was defeated by Shershah Suri.
Pihani is also related with the minister Sadarejahan of Emperor Akbar. His
tomb and paintings are still here. According to the view of some people; Sandila was
colonized by Rishi Sandilya. Sandila is also famous for old buildings, Mosque &
Barakhamba.

Many historical events attach political importance to the district. Hardoi is first mentioned
during the Muslim rule. In 1028, Bwan was invaded by Sayyid Salara Masgud. However,
Muslims didn’t occupy the region until 1217. After long struggle Sayyad Shakir
established first Muslim site at GOPAMAU. Many battles between the Mogul and Afghan
empires took place in Hardoi district due to the situation of the district. Humayun was
defeated by Sher Shah Suri between the cities of Bilgram and Sandi, and he escaped by
crossing the river Ganges with the help of a bhisti to
whom he had made the king for one day after regaining the throne.Mahmood Ghaznavi
is said to have invaded it in 1019 A.D. and the greatChausa war between Humayun and
Shershah Suri was taken place nearBilgram in 1539. Hardoi formed part of Suba of
Avadh under the Mughals,which was ruled by Avadh dynasty of Nawabs and formed
border with theterritory of Rohillas. In 1773 a brigade of British troops was stationed
nearBilgram which was shifted to Kanpur. Later till 1849, Hardoi remained asmost
lawless tracts in the then Avadh province. Later, in February 1856,
Hardoi, as a part of Oudh, became part of the British territory after LordDalhousie's
proclamation. The district was annexed to the British Empire in1856 along with the rest
of the Avadh province and a district was formedwith its headquarters at Mallawan. After
a year (1857), the first war of
independence broke out, plunging the whole area in the state of anarchy. In1858, the
district headquarter was shifted to Hardoi from Mallawan and hasretained its position till
date.
Hardoi City
 ALL DISTANCES ARE FROM THE PROPOSED SITE
AT BEHTA CHAND, LUCKNOW ROAD, HARDOI
WAY TO LUCKNOW (FROM PROPOSED SITE) ON THE WAY TO BADA CHAURAHA FROM CINEMA
Left - CHAURAHA
• BSNL Office 300 m Left -
• Sabzi Mandi 400 m • Red Chief 1 km 400 m
Right - • Atul Jewellers 1 km 500 m
• Hero Motorcycle Showroom 600 m Right –
• Sasural Restaurant 700 m • PC Jewellers 1km 500 m
Left - • Lala Kashinath Jewellers 1 km 800 m
• TVS Motorcycle Showroom 1 km 100 m Left -
Right - • Unique Garments 1 km 900 m
• Deep Hardware and ceramic House 1 km 400 m
Left - BADHA CHAURAHA 2 KM
• Maruti Suzuki Concept Cars Showroom 2 km 100 m On Left at Bada Chauraha –
• Hyundai Car Showroom 3 km • Lalji Tandon Garments
Right - On Right at Bada Chauraha -
• Renault car showroom 3 km 800 m • Planet Fashion Showroom.

WAY TO CITY (FROM PROPOSED SITE) WAY TO NUMAISH CHAURAHA

Left - Left -
• Reliance Petrol Pump 0 km distnce • Cool Point ( Quality Icecream) 2 km 100 m
• Rudraksh Tiles Showroom , Fitness Freak • Peter England 2 km 300 m
(Upwards) 50 m
• Honda Two Wheeler Showroom 100 m NUMAISH CHAURAHA (FROM CINEMA CHAURAHA)
• John Dealer Tractors Showroom 200 m Right -
• Nexa Car showroom 300 m • Roadways Bus Stop 1 km 600 m
• Right - Basant Leela Hotel 1 km 500 m
CIRCULAR ROAD CHAURAHA 400 M • Soldier Board Chauraha 1 km 400 m
Right -
• Phoolchandra Garments Showroom 500 m RAILWAY STATION
• Royal Enfield Motorcycle Showroom 600 m • LESS THAN 2 KM
• Swaraj Tractor 700 m
Left –
• City Life 800 m
• V More Showroom 900 m
• John Parker 1 km
Right-
• Sai Das Jewellers 1km 200 m

CINEMA CHAURAHA 1 KM 300 M

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Major Stores in Hardoi
Apart from Old Showrooms these are some brands
which have opened their stores in Hardoi in recent past:

V More
City Life
VLCC
Jphn Parker
Value Plus
Chaupal Sagar
Relaxo
Fox Shirts

Banks
Apart from SBI, PNB, Union Bank etc. these are few banks
which have opened their Branches/ATMs in Hardoi in recent past:

HDFC
ICICI
AXIS

Automobile Showrooms
Maruti
Hyundai
Mahindra
Nexa
Tata
Hero
Honda Motorcycles
TVS
District Highlights - 2011 Census
District Hardoi ranks 13th in terms of population in the state.

The percentage share of urban population in the district is 13.2 percent as

against 22.3 percent of the population in urban areas of the state.

Hardoi district has population density of 684 persons per sq. km., which is
below the state average of 829 persons per sq. km.

Hardoi district ranks 62nd in terms of sex ratio (868) which is lower
than the state average of 912 females per thousand males.

Hardoi district ranks 51st in literacy with 64.6 percent which is below the
state average of 67.7 percent.

There are only 163 uninhabited villages out of total 2,070 villages in the
district.

Decadal growth rate of the district (20.4) is higher than the state average of
20.2 percent.

Hardoi tahsil has the highest number of inhabited villages 443 while
Bilgram tahsil (312) has the lowest number of inhabited villages.

The district has 13towns, all are statutory town. Neither any statutory town
has been added, merged nor declassified after 2001 census.

There are 730,442 households in the district accounting for 2.2 per cent of
the total households in the state. The average size of households in the
district is 5.6 persons.
Population Statistics (2011 Census)

Hardoi City (2011 Census)

Hardoi City Total Male Female
City + Out Growths 197,029 103,619 93,410
City Population 126,851 66,352 60,499
Literates 96,372 52,752 43,620
Children (0-6) 14,048 7,422 6,626
Average Literacy (%) 85.43 % 89.52 % 80.97 %
Sex-ratio 912
Child Sex-ratio 893