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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hilauli
| native_name =
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| settlement_type = Village
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| image_map = Hilauli block map.png
| map_caption = Map of Hilauli CD block
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.45485|N|80.940234|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Search for "Hilauli" here}}</ref>
| subdivision_type = Country India
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Unnao district|Unnao]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
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| area_total_km2 = 23.122
| elevation_footnotes =
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| population_total = 13318
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code =
| registration_plate = UP-35
| website =
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}}
'''Hilauli''' is a village in [[Purwa]] tehsil of [[Unnao district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Unnao, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=373–89 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/UPA.html |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> It is located on the road from [[Maurawan]] to [[Bachhrawan]] in [[Rae Bareli district]], near the banks of the [[Sai River (Uttar Pradesh)|Sai]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Unao: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXVIII Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1903 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |page=187 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113180 |access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> Hilauli hosts a market twice per week, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, with grain and vegetables being the main items bought and sold.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (37 - Unnao District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=158, cxiv-cxv of section "Purwa Tehsil" |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1040/1/21887_1961_UNN.pdf |access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> As of 2011, the population of Hilauli is 13,318, in 2,533 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

Hilauli also serves as the headquarters of a [[community development block]], which encompasses 68 villages (including Hilauli itself) and has a total population of 178,460 people in 32,880 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== History ==
According to oral tradition, Hilauli was founded by two [[Kayasth]]s named Hanuman and Banwari.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Folklore holds that the field of Madhab, a Thakur who once lived here, never needs irrigation, no matter how dry the weather gets.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Hilauli historically lay in the [[pargana]] of [[Maurawan]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>

At the turn of the 20th century, Hilauli was described as "a very large village... pleasantly situated among [[mango]] groves in a sandy soil near the river Sai".<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> It hosted "a considerable market" twice per week, and it had one school and a small mosque.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Its population in 1901 was 4,340, with a large Chhatri population and a small Muslim minority of 260.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Hilauli as comprising 16 hamlets, with a total population of 5,594 (2,801 male and 2,793 female), in 960 households and 860 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961"/> The area of the village was given as 6,055 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1961"/> Average attendance of the biweekly market was about 200 people.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

== Villages ==
Hilauli CD block has the following 68 villages:<ref name="Census 2011"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Village name
! Total land area (hectares)
! Population (in 2011)
|-
| [[Deomai]] || 825.3 || 3,673
|-
| [[Kherwa]] || 412.3 || 2,367
|-
| [[Balia, Unnao|Balia]] || 233.1 || 1,464
|-
| [[Baretha, Unnao|Baretha]] || 80.6 || 952
|-
| [[Gunamau]] || 390 || 3,224
|-
| [[Pinduri]] || 193 || 1,142
|-
| [[Kudra, Unnao|Kudra]] || 179.9 || 2,147
|-
| [[Sagauli, Unnao|Sagauli]] || 269 || 2,048
|-
| [[Barwa Kalan]] || 343 || 1,497
|-
| [[Bachhaura, Hilauli|Bachhaura]] || 364.6 || 2,607
|-
| [[Behta, Hilauli|Behta]] || 275.2 || 1,835
|-
| [[Bahwa]] || 337.7 || 1,909
|-
| [[Bhatan Khera]] || 139.6 || 820
|-
| [[Bakspur]] || 197 || 1,570
|-
| [[Ganga Khera]] || 218 || 641
|-
| [[Bathua Shahpur]] || 76.8 || 590
|-
| [[Hardi, Unnao|Hardi]] || 176 || 1,151
|-
| [[Basdeo Khera]] || 47.8 || 103
|-
| [[Para, Unnao|Para]] || 1,623.2 || 7,701
|-
| [[Sarai Thakuri]] || 115 || 671
|-
| [[Mardanpur, Hilauli|Mardanpur]] || 318.9 || 1,668
|-
| [[Reola, Unnao|Reola]] || 49.3 || 594
|-
| [[Musandi]] || 277.5 || 2,992
|-
| [[Gunjauli]] || 952.6 || 4,335
|-
| [[Khajuha]] || 114.5 || 427
|-
| [[Lohli]] || 135.9 || 827
|-
| [[Chilauli, Hilauli|Chilauli]] || 299.1 || 1,148
|-
| [[Tisendha]] || 147.4 || 1,110
|-
| [[Barenda]] || 200.4 || 864
|-
| [[Asrenda]] || 632.5 || 4,475
|-
| [[Pankuwar Khera]] || 272.7 || 2,404
|-
| [[Lauwasingan Khera]] || 2,023 || 9,984
|-
| [[Pachhim Gaon]] || 108.9 || 883
|-
| [[Subas Khera]] || 89 || 810
|-
| [[Asri Khera]] || 167.4 || 1,042
|-
| [[Dund Pur]] || 213.3 || 1,203
|-
| [[Maharani Khera]] || 460.2 || 2,683
|-
| '''Hilauli''' (block headquarters) || 2,312.2 || 13,318
|-
| [[Bardaha]] || 459.5 || 2,529
|-
| [[Sandana]] || 891.1 || 6,082
|-
| [[Kardaha]] || 510.7 || 3,873
|-
| [[Moh Gawan]] || 105.6 || 800
|-
| [[Chak Saraiyan]] || 443.1 || 1,525
|-
| [[Lohra Mau]] || 236.1 || 1,349
|-
| [[Chandakhera Digalhai]] || 185.8 || 1,265
|-
| [[Indaura]] || 245.2 || 835
|-
| [[Mawai, Hilauli|Mawai]] || 2,489 || 14,690
|-
| [[Rajwara, Unnao|Rajwara]] || 520.8 || 2,993
|-
| [[Khanpur, Hilauli|Khanpur]] || 213.3 || 1,503
|-
| [[Galibpur]] || 371.4 || 2,323
|-
| [[Chhipipur]] || 53.7 || 172
|-
| [[Sarai Mubarak]] || 235.3 || 1,320
|-
| [[Rasulpur, Hilauli|Rasul Pur]] || 151.2 || 397
|-
| [[Lakhan Pura]] || 306.5 || 860
|-
| [[Ahesha]] || 635.9 || 3,252
|-
| [[Lachhi Khera, Hilauli|Lachhi Khera]] || 503.4 || 1,488
|-
| [[Maurawan (village)|Maurawan]] || 1,005.5 || 2,093
|-
| [[Baraula, Unnao|Baraula]] || 314.9 || 1,428
|-
| [[Kuri, Unnao|Kuri]] || 153.7 || 375
|-
| [[Mirjapur, Hilauli|Mirjapur]] || 136.4 || 809
|-
| [[Jera, Unnao|Jera]] || 518.1 || 2,826
|-
| [[Patola Dasi]] || 204.2 || 1,205
|-
| [[Akohari]] || 2,614.6 || 13,167
|-
| [[Nari Chak]] || 520.9 || 2,129
|-
| [[Bisara]] || 495.8 || 2,838
|-
| [[Lotna, Unnao|Lotna]] || 493.2 || 2,443
|-
| [[Jaisingh Khera]] || 254.5 || 530
|-
| [[Gulriha]] || 2,451.8 || 12,482
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Unnao district}}

[[Category:Villages in Unnao district]]
[[Category:Community development blocks in India]]

Hilauli - Revision history

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