Mawai | |
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Village | |
![]() Map showing Mawai (#645) in Hilauli CD block | |
Coordinates: 26°23′12″N 80°59′43″E / 26.386631°N 80.99528°E [1] | |
Country India | ![]() |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Unnao |
Area | |
• Total | 24.89 km2 (9.61 sq mi) |
Population (2011)
[2] | |
• Total | 14,690 |
• Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 ( IST) |
Vehicle registration | UP-35 |
Mawai is a village in Hilauli block of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India. [2] As of 2011, its population is 14,690, in 2,734 households, and it has 8 primary schools and one medical clinic. [2] It hosts a regular market and has a post office. [2]
Mawai was founded by Man Singh, a Dikhit Chhatri from Simauni in what is now Banda district. [3] It was previously the site of a Bhar fort, which Man Singh conquered and razed to the ground. [3] He received the land as a jagir from the king in Delhi and founded a village on the site, which he named after himself. [3] His descendants founded various kheras around Mawai, and for a long time they also held qabuliats in the village. [3] At some point, the Dikhits gifted the village to an ancestor of one Sheikh Mansur. [3]
At the turn of the 20th century, Mawai was described as a large, dispersed settlement in the southeastern part of the pargana of Maurawan. [3] It lay off the main roads and had no bazar, and it was mostly significant for its large size. [3] The 1901 census recorded its population as 4,363 people, including a Muslim minority of 256. [3]
The 1961 census recorded Mawai as comprising 19 hamlets, with a total population of 5,940 people (2,854 male and 2,636 female), in 965 households and 860 physical houses. [4] The area of the village was given as 6,503 acres. [4] It had a medical practitioner and post office then. [4] There were two grain mills, one small establishment producing edible fats/oils, two miscellaneous food processing facilities, one small manufacturer of ammunition, fireworks, or other explosives, one bicycle repair shop, two places making clocks and/or watches, and two small manufacturers of jewellery or precious metal objects. [4] It hosted a biweekly haat on Wednesdays and Thursdays where grain and vegetables were the main items of trade, and its average attendance was around 250 people at the time. [4]
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