Hardaspur is a village in Amawan block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] As of 2011, its population is 2,974, in 570 households.[2] It has 3 primary schools and one small clinic.[2]

Hardaspur Hardāspur
Village
Map showing Hardaspur (#305) in Amawan CD block
Hardaspur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26.278634°N 81.2499°E / 26.278634; 81.2499[1]
Country India	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	2.394 km2 (0.924 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	2,974
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Hardaspur was historically the seat of a small taluqdari estate held by a Kayasth family who had a close association with the Bais rajas of Daundia Khera.[3] They claimed descent from one Ram Lal, who was supposedly the Diwan to the first Bais ruler, Abhai Chand, and several of his descendants held the same office for later Bais rajas.[3] One of them, Nabh Chand, is said to have been adopted by the Bais raja Tilok Chand, and so his descendants were styled Thakur.[3] One of them, Har Das, founded the village of Hardaspur around the time of Akbar; his brother Rath Rai was made qanunqo of the pargana of Rae Bareli.[3]

The Kayasth taluqdars of Hardaspur never gained a large territory because they were surrounded by powerful Rajput taluqdars and often in conflict with their Muslim neighbours.[3] In the 1800s, the taluqdar Baij Nath obtained the sanad for the Hardaspur estate, which comprised nine villages at the time.[3] At the turn of the 20th century, the Hardaspur estate was held by Thakurain Jugraj Kunwar, the widow of Baij Nath's grandson; by then it only consisted of two villages in the pargana of Rae Bareli.[3]

The 1961 census recorded Hardaspur as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 1,141 people (579 male and 562 female), in 250 households and 231 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 582 acres.[4]

The 1981 census recorded Hardaspur as having a population of 1,692 people, in 304 households, and having an area of 239.58 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.[5]

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