Pahasu is a town and a nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Bulandshahr district

Bulandshahr District

Bulandshahar District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Bulandshahr city is the district headquarters.-Geography:...

 in the India

India

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n state

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 of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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Geography

Pahasu is located at 28.18°N 78.05°E. It has an average elevation of 187 metres (613 feet).

History

"Pahasu" was a jagir

Jagir

In historic India, a jagir was a small territory granted by the ruler to an army chieftain in fairly short terms usually of three years but not extending beyond his lifetime, in recognition of his military service...

 during British India owned by Nawab

Nawab

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s belonging to Lalkhani

Lalkhani

The Lalkhani are a Muslim Rajput community, found in North India. They are a sub-division of the Bargujar clan of Rajputs. The community is found mainly in the districts of Aligarh and Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh. They are found in Dataganj and Gunnaur tehsils of Badaun District...

 Badgujar, Muslim

Muslim

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 Rajput

Rajput

A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

 community.."Pahasu" is a large Muslim feudals of Aligarh(UP)."Pahasu" in British India was represented by Old and young party in UP legislative council from years 1909 to 1919.

Nawabs of Pahasu

• Nawab Mohammed Faiz Ali Khan(1821-1894) of Pahasu

• Nawab Mohammed Faiyaz Ali Khan (1851-1922)
• Nawab Mohammed Mukarram Ali Khan (1897-1969)

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Pahasu had a population of 17,116. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Pahasu has an average literacy rate of 48%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 57%, and female literacy is 38%. In Pahasu, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.