Gonda, Aligarh
Gonda is a Block (prakhand-प्रखंड) in Aligarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Gonda - The rapidly growing town is a commercial and educational hub for 80-100 villages located in this region (Lagasma). It is well connected by road and is a junction of Mathura-Raya-Gorai-Aligarh and Agra-Hathras-Iglas-Khair-Delhi road.
History
There is a great incident which took place in the revolt of 1857 in which Raja Amani Singh repelled and defeated the contingents of Scindias of Gwalior.The troops of Gwalior attacked under the leadership of Major Burtlon. There is a statue of Raja Amani Singh near Iglas.Raja Amani Singh was the king of Lagsama region.He was the Thakurela jat.He also defeated the Chauhan rajputs in a war who came to capture this region.He was from the village Gahlau of Lagsama region. Gonda and its nearby region is densely populated with the Thakurela jats who are the branch of Kakran clan.The whole region is dominated by these jats.They were the rulers of this region from 1046 AD.They migrated from Mandore where they had ruled for many centuries before the Rathore rajputs.In the Gonda region they expelled the Janghara rajputs and established their empire.
Geography
Gonda has developed in last 20 years to great extent across Iglas-Khair Road. It extends from ढाड़ (dhand) to नयाबास (towards khair). However, there is limited good development seen on Gonda -Aligarh roads up to water tank. At a distance of 21 km from Gonda is Aligarh city. The Road from Gonda to Aligarh is called Gonda-Aligarh Road (Netaji Amichand Singh Road). Hopefully in Future, you will see Gonda is Stretched till Village Mangarhi. Another Name of Gonda Area is Lagasama. There are three colleges in Gonda. First is Lagasama Inter College, Gonda and Second is Lagasama Intercollege, Murwar and third one is Dorilal vidya. Niketan inter college,Gonda.
Murwar is Village situated 5 km from Gonda on the Gonda Iglas Road (Also called Khair - Hathras road). This road also connects Khair and Hathras.
Educational details
Gonda is one of the upcoming blocks of Aligarh district. The block was at an out side of village near bijalighar. The new building has come up. Veterinary center is also located in Block premises. There are no good numbers of shops, however all basic shops are available. There are 2 nationalized banks (Canera Bank and SBI) and a Gramin Bank.
There are Govt. degree college, several inter mediate colleges, high schools and primary schools.
Government Degree College Gonda, Aligarh was established on 7 August 1998 via government order -598-40 (35)/99, by the effort of local respectable persons of Gonda. In the same year the college was affiliated by Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University with seven subject i.e. Hindi, English, History, Sanskrit, Home science, Sociology and Political science. The college was permanently affiliated with university. In the year 2009; 196 students in B.A.1 (total 479 students) were appeared in the university examination; also in 2010; 284 students in BA1, 120 students in BAII and 150 students appeared in the university examinations. Out of 550 students in the year 2010, 290 students were male and 260 were girls.
for more details http://www.gdcgondaiglas.com/
There is one inter college exclusively for girls which is being run by "Lagasma Sudharak Samiti".
Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[1] Gonda had a population of about 7550 as per 2001 census.
Nearby villages
- Uttampur - Uttampur is a gram-panchayat near the Gonda Block and it located 5 km Approx.
- Tararpur - 2 km Approx.tarpur a beautiful village in the gonda block and live in mahendre singh from Gonda
- Mangarhi - Mangarhi is a gram-panchayat near the Gonda Block and it located 3 km from Gonda on Aligarh road
- Chhoti Ballabh - It is a village situated in Gonda block.
- Basai is a gram panchayat near the Gonda Block and it located 6 km from gonda. Basai is a gram panchayat which is having a Hospital, Temple and post office. Manti is just opposite to basai and Subakara is a nearby village of Basai.
- Dhonda - It is a Village situated in Gonda Block of Gondah tehsil, approx 5 km from Gonda.Bijendra Singh Thakurela is from this village who had been five times MLA from Iglas tehsil and MP of Aligarh(2004-2009).
- Gurjnagaria-Gurj nagaria it is gonda gorai road,4.5 km from gonda.
- Gursena - It is a village situated in Iglas Block of Iglas Tehsil, approx 7 kms from Iglas on Iglas-Aligarh Road. [ [Omendra Chaudhary]] is from this village and has been secretary in Indian Youth Congress.
Prominent Personalities from the town
- Dharmendra Kumar- Well known journalist from the town presently working with NDTV Group, earlier worked with Times group, Amar Ujala and Dainik Jagran, also runs Mediabharti Web Solutions, various web services provider for many news websites including http://www.mediabharti.com and http://www.sudarshantv.com and many more...
India
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subdivision_name1 = Uttar Pradesh
subdivision_type2 = District
subdivision_name2 = Aligarh
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elevation_m = 178
population_total = 8861
population_as_of = 2011
population_density_km2 = auto
demographics_type1 = Languages
demographics1_title1 = Official
demographics1_info1 = Hindi
timezone1 = IST
utc_offset1 = +5:30
postal_code_type = PIN
postal_code = 202123
area_code_type = Telephone code
area_code = 05724
registration_plate = यूपी-81
References
- ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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