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| map_caption = Map showing Mau (#305) in Dih CD block
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Raebareli district|Raebareli]]
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'''Mau''' is a large village in [[Dih, Raebareli|Dih]] block of [[Rae Bareli district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=393–409 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0927_PART_A_DCHB_RAE%20BARELI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref> It is located on the road from [[Fursatganj]] to the Gukana ghat on the [[Ganges]], 4 miles west of [[Nasirabad, Raebareli|Nasirabad]] and 8 miles from [[Jais]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Rai Bareli: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXIX Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1905 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=195–6, 200 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35020 |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref> A road branches off at Mau and connects to Nasirabad.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> To the northwest of the village is a large lake called the [[Raja Ka Tal|Bara Tal]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/>

As of 2011, Mau has a population of 7,121 people, in 1,371 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It has 4 primary schools and a maternity and child welfare centre.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It hosts markets twice per week, on Mondays and Thursdays.<ref name="Census 1961"/> The main items traded are cloth, grain, [[Jaggery|gur]], ornaments, and vegetables.<ref name="Census 2011"/> Mau is the headquarters of a [[nyaya panchayat]], which also includes 8 other villages.<ref name="Census 1991"/>

==History==
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.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> As of 1901, it was home to 3,075 people, including 266 Muslims; [[Pasi (caste)|Pasi]]s formed a majority of the local cultivators.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> The village was part of the [[taluqdar]]i estate belonging to the Raja of [[Tiloi]], although three small [[mahalla|mahal]]s were held in subsettlement by [[Kayasth]] proprietors.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> Mau was the site of a police station until 1900, when it was moved to [[Nasirabad, Raebareli|Nasirabad]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> As of 1905, Mau had a post office, a school maintained by the [[Court of Wards (India)|Court of Wards]], and a small bazar in the hamlet of [[Pura Lokai]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/>

The [[1951 Census of India|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.<ref name="Census 1951">{{cite book |title=Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (42 - Rae Bareli District) |date=1955 |location=Allahabad |pages=164–5 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/933/1/23644_1951_RAE.pdf |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 3,659 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1951"/> 85 residents were literate, 82 male and 3 female.<ref name="Census 1951"/> The village was listed as belonging to the [[pargana]] of [[Rokha]] and the [[thana]] of Nasirabad.<ref name="Census 1951"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|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.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=176, cii-ciii of section "Salon Tahsil" |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1047/1/22852_1961_RAE.pdf |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 3,659 acres and it had a post office at that point.<ref name="Census 1961"/> Average attendance of the twice-weekly market was about 1,000 people.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Mau as having a population of 4,362 people, in 1,080 households, and having an area of 1,365.81 [[hectare]]s.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli |date=1982 |pages=204–5 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1298/1/50861_1981_RAE.pdf |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref> The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.<ref name="Census 1981"/>

The [[1991 Census of India|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.<ref name="Census 1991">{{cite book |title=Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli |date=1992 |pages=xxiv-xxviii, 238–9 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1443/1/36846_1991_RAE.pdf |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was listed as 1,544 hectares.<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 979, or 18% of the total; this group was 50% male (487) and 50% female (492).<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of [[scheduled castes]] made up 47% of the village's population, while no members of [[scheduled tribes]] were recorded.<ref name="Census 1991"/> The [[literacy rate]] of the village was 14.5% (636 men and 85 women).<ref name="Census 1991"/> 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.<ref name="Census 1991"/> 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 worker]]s; 25 employed in trade and commerce; 1 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 25 in other services.<ref name="Census 1991"/>

==References==
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{{Raebareli district}}

[[Category:Villages in Raebareli district]]

Mau, Dih, Raebareli - Revision history

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