Mau, Dih, Raebareli – Wikipedia

Village in Uttar Pradesh, India

Mau is a large village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located on the road from Fursatganj to the Gukana ghat on the Ganges, 4 miles west of Nasirabad and 8 miles from Jais.^[3] A road branches off at Mau and connects to Nasirabad.^[3] To the northwest of the village is a large lake called the Bara Tal.^[3]

As of 2011, Mau has a population of 7,121 people, in 1,371 households.^[2] It has 4 primary schools and a maternity and child welfare centre.^[2] It hosts markets twice per week, on Mondays and Thursdays.^[4] The main items traded are cloth, grain, gur, ornaments, and vegetables.^[2] Mau is the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat, which also includes 8 other villages.^[5]

History[edit]

At the turn of the 20th century, Mau was described as a large agricultural village that was mainly notable for the size of its population.^[3] As of 1901, it was home to 3,075 people, including 266 Muslims; Pasis formed a majority of the local cultivators.^[3] The village was part of the taluqdari estate belonging to the Raja of Tiloi, although three small mahals were held in subsettlement by Kayasth proprietors.^[3] Mau was the site of a police station until 1900, when it was moved to Nasirabad.^[3] As of 1905, Mau had a post office, a school maintained by the Court of Wards, and a small bazar in the hamlet of Pura Lokai.^[3]

The 1951 census recorded Mau as comprising 17 hamlets, with a total population of 3,014 people (1,561 male and 1,453 female), in 741 households and 700 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 3,659 acres.^[6] 85 residents were literate, 82 male and 3 female.^[6] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rokha and the thana of Nasirabad.^[6]

The 1961 census recorded Mau as comprising 15 hamlets, with a total population of 3,349 people (1,748 male and 1,601 female), in 781 households and 768 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was given as 3,659 acres and it had a post office at that point.^[4] Average attendance of the twice-weekly market was about 1,000 people.^[4]

The 1981 census recorded Mau as having a population of 4,362 people, in 1,080 households, and having an area of 1,365.81 hectares.^[7] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[7]

The 1991 census recorded Mau as having a total population of 4,957 people (2,547 male and 2,410 female), in 1,101 households and 1,096 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was listed as 1,544 hectares.^[5] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 979, or 18% of the total; this group was 50% male (487) and 50% female (492).^[5] Members of scheduled castes made up 47% of the village’s population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[5] The literacy rate of the village was 14.5% (636 men and 85 women).^[5] 1,731 people were classified as main workers (1,387 men and 344 women), while 512 people were classified as marginal workers (60 men and 452 women); the remaining 2,714 residents were non-workers.^[5] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 1,040 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 553 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else’s land in return for payment); 9 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 74 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 4 construction workers; 25 employed in trade and commerce; 1 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 25 in other services.^[5]

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