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'''Balamau''' is a train station in [[Hardoi district]] of [[Lucknow division]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (36 - Hardoi District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |page=144 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/987/1/22855_1961_HAR.pdf |access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref> It is located in [[Kachhauna]], four miles northeast of its namesake village of [[Balamau]].<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H. R. |title=Hardoi - A Gazetteer |date=1904 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=158–61 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48076 |access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref> It lies on the [[Amritsar]]–[[Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction]] main line, {{convert|9|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the previous station at [[Baghauli]] and {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the next station at [[Dalelnagar, Hardoi|Dalelnagar]].<ref name="Census 1961"/> It is also the terminus of two [[branch line]]s, one leading to [[Kanpur]] and the other leading to [[Sitapur]].<ref name="Census 1961"/> The Balamau–Kanpur and Balamau–Sitapur lines both use [[metre-gauge]] tracks.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Hardoi |date=1982 |pages=12, 360-1, 372-3 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1229/1/27831_1981_HAR.pdf |access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref><br />
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In 1903 a new east–west branch line was built connecting Balamau station to [[Madhoganj]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Around this time, Balamau station was described as having "a considerable trade in grain", with most of it brought by cart from the village of Balamau.<ref name="Gazetteer"/><br />
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