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| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District(s) | Barabanki |
| Chairman | Hafeez Bharti |
| Population | 806,929[1] (2001[update]) |
| Official languages | Hindi, Urdu |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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• 93 metres (305 ft) |
| Website | http://nppnawabganj.in/ |
Nawabganj is a town in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.It is a tehsil and nagar parishad for Barabanki town[2]. It is one of the constituent entities of Barabanki city, which is District HQ of Barabanki district.
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Nawabganj is located at . It has an average elevation of 93 metres (305 feet).
As of 2001[update] India census[3], Nawabganj had a population of 75,087. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nawabganj has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 62%. In Nawabganj, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Tehsil Nawabganj has 4 Block panchayats[4], they are:
The Municipal Board Nawabganj, Barabanki, was the first to be constituted in the district and came in to existence on 16 July 1884, under the North-Western provinces and Oudh Municipalities Act, 1883. It had Nine members of whom four were elected, the rest including the chairman were nominated officials, later it came to be administered under the North-Western provineces and Oudh Municipalities Act, 1883. Its affairs were managed by a board of 09 members and a Chairman, who used to be the Deputy Commissinoer. The income of the board was derived mainly from house tax, boll tax and tax on weigh man and brokers. Other sources of income included octori, license fee, rent, tahbazari and fines. However the U.P. Municiplalities Act 1916 liberalised the municipal constitution, introduced communal representation and relaxed government control over the finances of nagar palika.
Nagar Palika Parishad, Nawabganj, Barabanki has been put under the category of first-class board, covering an area of 12 km². Comprising a population of 75,741 according to census 2001. There are seventeen substantive post of certralised services, thirty-two post of 3rd graded employees and 362 of all category of fourth-class employees, in this Palika. It consists of seven sections for providing civic amenities to its citizens, they are:
Nagar Palika Parishad Nawabganj has 25 wards[5], they are:
| Ward No. | Name | Population(2001) |
| 1 | Gandhi Nagar | 3148 |
| 2 | Valmiki Nagar | 5309 |
| 3 | Peer Batawan Saravgi | 1913 |
| 4 | Begumganj Saravgi | 3060 |
| 5 | Kanoongoyan Poorvi | 3000 |
| 6 | Poorvi Peerbatawan | 3180 |
| 7 | Police Line | 2259 |
| 8 | Lajpat Nagar | 2216 |
| 9 | Gularia Gaarda | 2782 |
| 10 | Azad Nagar | 3208 |
| 11 | Kanoongoyan | 2574 |
| 12 | Tehsil Colony | 2948 |
| 13 | Katra Baradari | 2969 |
| 14 | Satypremi Nagar | 2103 |
| 15 | Kailash Ashram | 3412 |
| 16 | Durgapuri | 3788 |
| 17 | Nehru Nagar | 2680 |
| 18 | Munshiganj | 1882 |
| 19 | Bheetri Peerbatawan | 4526 |
| 20 | Barhiyan Tola | 3174 |
| 21 | Barhiyan Pashchimi | 3253 |
| 22 | Dushehrabagh | 4603 |
| 23 | Bheetri Poorvi | 3424 |
| 24 | Saravgi | 1489 |
| 25 | Rasoolpur | 2591 |
Tehsil Nawabganj has following health infrastructure[6]:
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