Nagwa

Nagwa is a village with a population of 8,000 and 1,300-acre (5.3 km2) in the Ballia district in eastern part of Uttar Pradesh in India. A large percentage of the population consists of high caste Brahmins. This village is 6 km east of Ballia District Headquarters close to the River Ganges. It is supposedly the birthplace of historic hero Mangal Pandey.After independence of India many idols of martyr were placed in ballia.One such is there near a school which is named after this hero in that village.