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	\| subdivision_name = [[India]]		\| subdivision_name = {{flag\|India}}
	\| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India\|State]]		\| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India\|State]]
	\| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]		\| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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	According to the [[2011 census of India\|2011 census]] Mau Nath Bhanjan district has a [[Demographics of India\|population]] of 2,205,968, in which male and female were 1,114,888 and 1,090,782 respectively. In 2001 census, Mau had a population of 1,853,997, in which males were 933,523 and remaining 920,474 were females.<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web \| url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php \| title = District Census 2011 \| access-date = 2011-09-30 \| year = 2011 \| publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Latvia]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web \| author = US Directorate of Intelligence \| title = Country Comparison:Population \| url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html \| access-date = 2011-10-01 \| quote =Latvia 2,204,708 July 2011 est.		According to the [[2011 census of India\|2011 census]] Mau Nath Bhanjan district has a [[Demographics of India\|population]] of 2,205,968, in which male and female were 1,114,888 and 1,090,782 respectively. In 2001 census, Mau had a population of 1,853,997, in which males were 933,523 and remaining 920,474 were females.<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web \| url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php \| title = District Census 2011 \| access-date = 2011-09-30 \| year = 2011 \| publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Latvia]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web \| author = US Directorate of Intelligence \| title = Country Comparison:Population \| url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html \| access-date = 2011-10-01 \| quote =Latvia 2,204,708 July 2011 est.
	}}</ref> or the US state of [[New Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php \|title=2010 Resident Population Data \|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau \|access-date=2011-09-30 \|quote=New Mexico – 2,059,179 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118011236/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php \|archive-date=2011-11-18 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 206th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India\|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus /> The district has a population density of {{convert\|1287\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus /> Its [[Family planning in India\|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 80.94%.<ref name=districtcensus /> Mau has a [[sex ratio]] of 978 [[Women in India\|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus /> and a [[Literacy in India\|literacy rate]] of 75.16%.<ref name=districtcensus />		}}</ref> or the US state of [[New Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php \|title=2010 Resident Population Data \|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau \|access-date=2011-09-30 \|quote=New Mexico – 2,059,179 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118011236/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php \|archive-date=2011-11-18 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 206th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India\|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus /> The district has a population density of {{convert\|1287\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus /> Its [[Family planning in India\|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 80.94%.<ref name=districtcensus /> Mau has a [[sex ratio]] of 978 [[Women in India\|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus /> and a [[Literacy in India\|literacy rate]] of 75.16%.<ref name=districtcensus />
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			\|thumb = right
			\|caption = Languages in Mau District<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>
			\|value1 = 53.29
			\|label1 = Bhojpuri
			\|color1 = Yellow
			\|value2 = 33.11
			\|label2 = Hindi
			\|color2 = Orange
			\|value3 = 13.51
			\|label3 = Urdu
			\|color3 = Green
			\|label4 = Others
			\|color4 = grey
			\|value4 = 0.09
			}}
	At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 86.43% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 13.51% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>		At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 86.43% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 13.51% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

	==People from ~~Mau_district~~==		==People from Mau district==

	=== Armed Forces ===		=== Armed Forces ===
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	=== Politician ===		=== Politician ===
	* [[Habibur Rahman Nomani]] (21 August 1926 - 17 August 2005) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician from [[Uttar Pradesh]] who belonged to the [[Indian National Congress]].		* [[Habibur Rahman Nomani]] (21 August 1926 - 17 August 2005) was an Indian politician from [[Uttar Pradesh]] who belonged to the [[Indian National Congress]].

	===Singers===		===Singers===
	* [[Baleshwar Yadav (Folk singer)\|Baleshwar Yadav]], Bhojpuri Folk singer		* [[Baleshwar Yadav (Folk singer)\|Baleshwar Yadav]], Bhojpuri Folk singer


	== References ==		== References ==

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	{{historical populations\|11=1901\|12=4,86,949\|13=1911\|14=4,64,472\|15=1921\|16=4,73,935\|17=1931\|18=4,90,052\|19=1941\|20=5,67,851\|21=1951\|22=6,54,208\|23=1961\|24=7,68,157\|25=1971\|26=9,26,263\|27=1981\|28=11,26,879\|29=1991\|30=14,46,553\|31=2001\|32=18,54,950\|33=2011\|34=22,05,968\|percentages=pagr\|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>\|align=right}}From historical and archaeological point of views, [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh\|Mau]] is one of the oldest place in the region. Ancient cultural and archaeological remains have been found at multiple places in the area giving enough evidence of long history of human habitat in the area. The known archaeological history of [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh\|Mau]] is about 1500 years old, when the entire area was covered under thick dense forest. The [[Nat (caste)\|Nats]] who used to live along [[Tamsa river]], are considered to be the oldest inhabitants and the ruler of the area.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=History {{!}} District Mau, Uttar Pradesh Government {{!}} India\|url=https://mau.nic.in/about-district/history/\|access-date=2020-06-26\|language=en-US}}</ref>		{{historical populations\|11=1901\|12=4,86,949\|13=1911\|14=4,64,472\|15=1921\|16=4,73,935\|17=1931\|18=4,90,052\|19=1941\|20=5,67,851\|21=1951\|22=6,54,208\|23=1961\|24=7,68,157\|25=1971\|26=9,26,263\|27=1981\|28=11,26,879\|29=1991\|30=14,46,553\|31=2001\|32=18,54,950\|33=2011\|34=22,05,968\|percentages=pagr\|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>\|align=right}}From historical and archaeological point of views, [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh\|Mau]] is one of the oldest place in the region. Ancient cultural and archaeological remains have been found at multiple places in the area giving enough evidence of long history of human habitat in the area. The known archaeological history of [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh\|Mau]] is about 1500 years old, when the entire area was covered under thick dense forest. The [[Nat (caste)\|Nats]] who used to live along [[Tamsa river]], are considered to be the oldest inhabitants and the ruler of the area.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=History {{!}} District Mau, Uttar Pradesh Government {{!}} India\|url=https://mau.nic.in/about-district/history/\|access-date=2020-06-26\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	As per the records on official webpage of the district, in 1028 A.D. King Syed Shalar Masood Ghazi came with a huge army to conquer the area but he went back to [[Afghanistan]], leaving few of his people in the area. A sufi saint Baba Malik Tahir and his brother Malik Qasim were part of the remaining group. There are places like Malik Tahir Pura and Qasim Pura in the name of these two saints in Mau city. The tomb of Malik Tahir is also present in Malik Tahir Pura and locally known as Mazaar Malik Tahir Baba.<ref name="mau.nic.in">https://mau.nic.in/about-district/history/</ref>		As per the records on official webpage of the district, in 1028 A.D. King Syed Shalar Masood Ghazi came with a huge army to conquer the area but he went back to [[Afghanistan]], leaving few of his people in the area. A sufi saint Baba Malik Tahir and his brother Malik Qasim were part of the remaining group. There are places like Malik Tahir Pura and Qasim Pura in the name of these two saints in Mau city. The tomb of Malik Tahir is also present in Malik Tahir Pura and locally known as Mazaar Malik Tahir Baba.<ref name="mau.nic.in">{{Cite web\|url=https://mau.nic.in/about-district/history/\|title=History \| District Mau, Uttar Pradesh Government \| India}}</ref>

	Around 1540–1545, [[Sher Shah Suri]], the emperor who defeated [[Humayun]], during his reign visited Kolhuvavan ([[Madhuban]]) to meet the great Sufi saint Syed Ahmad Wadva.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-10/lucknow/31046000_1_doharighat-mukhtar-ansari-bsp-ticket \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130913042857/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-10/lucknow/31046000_1_doharighat-mukhtar-ansari-bsp-ticket \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2013-09-13 \|title=Sufi saint's abode now Uttar Pradesh don's den \|date=2012-02-10 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=2015-10-05}}</ref> Mahvani, one of the daughters of Sher Shah had settled permanently near the dargah of Syed Wadva. The area also finds place in the historical book of [[Ziya'-Ud-Din Barani\|Ziyaudeen Barni]] with a description that the great Mughal emperor Akbar passed through Mau on his way to Allahabad. At that time, labourer and artisans originally belonging to Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey, who had come with Mughal army settled here permanently. These artisans integrated into the society over a period of time but they kept their art alive and despite a gradual demise of the handloom industry in the eastern Uttar Pradesh, the saree industry of Mau still remains the last bastion of handicraft in the area otherwise an industrially thriving region till the end of last century. It is also believed that one of Akbar's daughters, Jahan Aara had also settled in that area where she built a mosque. The original structure of the mosque is not surviving anymore but place is known as Shahi Qatra and there is a Shahi Mosque in that locality reminding of its past glory.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Sufi-saints-abode-now-dons-den/articleshow/11830609.cms</ref>		Around 1540–1545, [[Sher Shah Suri]], the emperor who defeated [[Humayun]], during his reign visited Kolhuvavan ([[Madhuban]]) to meet the great Sufi saint Syed Ahmad Wadva.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-10/lucknow/31046000_1_doharighat-mukhtar-ansari-bsp-ticket \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130913042857/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-10/lucknow/31046000_1_doharighat-mukhtar-ansari-bsp-ticket \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2013-09-13 \|title=Sufi saint's abode now Uttar Pradesh don's den \|date=2012-02-10 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=2015-10-05}}</ref> Mahvani, one of the daughters of Sher Shah had settled permanently near the dargah of Syed Wadva. The area also finds place in the historical book of [[Ziya'-Ud-Din Barani\|Ziyaudeen Barni]] with a description that the great Mughal emperor Akbar passed through Mau on his way to Allahabad. At that time, labourer and artisans originally belonging to Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey, who had come with Mughal army settled here permanently. These artisans integrated into the society over a period of time but they kept their art alive and despite a gradual demise of the handloom industry in the eastern Uttar Pradesh, the saree industry of Mau still remains the last bastion of handicraft in the area otherwise an industrially thriving region till the end of last century. It is also believed that one of Akbar's daughters, Jahan Aara had also settled in that area where she built a mosque. The original structure of the mosque is not surviving anymore but place is known as Shahi Qatra and there is a Shahi Mosque in that locality reminding of its past glory.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Sufi-saints-abode-now-dons-den/articleshow/11830609.cms\|title = Sufi saint's abode now don's den \| Lucknow News - Times of India}}</ref>

	During the Indian freedom struggle, the people of Mau had given full support to the movement, and Mahatma Gandhi had also made a visit to Doharighat region of the district in 1939.<ref name="mau.nic.in"/>		During the Indian freedom struggle, the people of Mau had given full support to the movement, and Mahatma Gandhi had also made a visit to Doharighat region of the district in 1939.<ref name="mau.nic.in"/>

	In 1932, [[Azamgarh]] was made independent district, Mau region was a part of it until 1988 when the current area of Mau district was carved out of Azamgarh to make a separate district and on 19 November 1988, Mau became a separate district in which the then [[Ministry of Power (India)\|Union Minister of State of India (Power)]] [[Kalpnath Rai]] played a pivotal role. He is also credited to start an array of developmental activities in the city including new Railway Station and a stadium.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/in-mau-a-complex-tapestry-of-caste-and-religion/article2879547.ece</ref>		In 1932, [[Azamgarh]] was made independent district, Mau region was a part of it until 1988 when the current area of Mau district was carved out of Azamgarh to make a separate district and on 19 November 1988, Mau became a separate district in which the then [[Ministry of Power (India)\|Union Minister of State of India (Power)]] [[Kalpnath Rai]] played a pivotal role. He is also credited to start an array of developmental activities in the city including new Railway Station and a stadium.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/in-mau-a-complex-tapestry-of-caste-and-religion/article2879547.ece\|title = In Mau, a complex tapestry of caste and religion\|newspaper = The Hindu\|date = 10 February 2012\|last1 = Kumar\|first1 = Vinay}}</ref>

	== In popular culture ==		== In popular culture ==
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	=== Armed Forces ===		=== Armed Forces ===
	* Brigadier [[Mohammad Usman\|Mohammad Usman Masoodi]] (1912-1948), highest ranking officer of the [[Indian Army]] killed in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948\|Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]], awarded [[Maha Vir Chakra\|Maha Vir Chakra (MVC)]] posthumously.		* Brigadier [[Mohammad Usman\|Mohammad Usman Masoodi]] (1912-1948), highest ranking officer of the [[Indian Army]] killed in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948\|Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]], awarded [[Maha Vir Chakra\|Maha Vir Chakra (MVC)]] posthumously.

			=== Education ===
			* Dr. Krishna N. Sharma (1984–Present), author,<ref>{{Cite news\|title=PHYSIO SPEAKS: Interview with a Multitalented Physiotherapist Donning Many Hats - KRISHNA SHARMA\|work=Physiotimes\|url=https://www.physiotimes.com/article/physio-speaks-interview-with-a-multitalented-physiotherapist-donning-many-hats---krishna-sharma/}}</ref> former [[Vice-chancellor\|Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Victoria University Uganda\|Victoria University]], [[Uganda]]<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Meet Uganda's youngest vice-chancellor\|url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/1464550\|access-date=2021-10-03\|website=New Vision\|language=en}}</ref> and former Dean at St. Louis University, [[Cameroon]].<ref>{{Cite news\|title=PERADENIYA UNIVERSITY PHYSIOTHERAPY CONGRESS 2016\|url=https://ahs.pdn.ac.lk/news_and_event/News_&_Events/Physiotherapy_Congress.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2017-01-31\|title=Interview: Dr Krishna on Why Victoria University is the Best for Health Science Studies in East Africa\|url=https://chimpreports.com/interview-dr-krishna-on-why-victoria-university-is-the-best-for-health-science-studies-in-east-africa/\|access-date=2021-10-03\|website=ChimpReports\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	=== Literature ===		=== Literature ===
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	===Singers===		===Singers===
	* [[Baleshwar Yadav (Folk singer)\|Baleshwar Yadav]], Bhojpuri Folk singer		* [[Baleshwar Yadav (Folk singer)\|Baleshwar Yadav]], Bhojpuri Folk singer


	== References ==		== References ==

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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Mau, Uttar Pradesh}}
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| name = Mau district
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| map_caption = Location of Mau district in Uttar Pradesh
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'''Mau district''' is one of the [[districts of Uttar Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[India]], and [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh|Mau]] town is the district headquarters which is also one of the few remaining areas of handloom [[saree]] production in eastern Uttar Pradesh, specializing in Sadiya silk sarees.<ref>[https://mau.nic.in/about-district/culture-heritage/ Sadiya Silk Saree] [https://www.amazon.in/Sadiya-Silk-Saree-Sadiya-saree_3_Red_Free-Size/dp/B01N27N3N4] [https://www.india.com/news/india/narendra-modi-to-gift-100-banarasi-silk-sarees-to-michelle-obama-257803/]</ref> Mau was carved out as a separate district from [[Azamgarh]] on 19 November 1988. It is situated in the south-eastern part of the state with headquarters in [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh|Maunath Bhanjan]]. The district is surrounded by [[Ghazipur district]] on the south, [[Ballia district|Ballia]] district in the east, [[Azamgarh district]] in the west, and by [[Gorakhpur district|Gorakhpur]] and [[Deoria district|Deoria]] districts on the north.

== History ==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=4,86,949|13=1911|14=4,64,472|15=1921|16=4,73,935|17=1931|18=4,90,052|19=1941|20=5,67,851|21=1951|22=6,54,208|23=1961|24=7,68,157|25=1971|26=9,26,263|27=1981|28=11,26,879|29=1991|30=14,46,553|31=2001|32=18,54,950|33=2011|34=22,05,968|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}From historical and archaeological point of views, [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh|Mau]] is one of the oldest place in the region. Ancient cultural and archaeological remains have been found at multiple places in the area giving enough evidence of long history of human habitat in the area. The known archaeological history of [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh|Mau]] is about 1500 years old, when the entire area was covered under thick dense forest. The [[Nat (caste)|Nats]] who used to live along [[Tamsa river]], are considered to be the oldest inhabitants and the ruler of the area.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History {{!}} District Mau, Uttar Pradesh Government {{!}} India|url=https://mau.nic.in/about-district/history/|access-date=2020-06-26|language=en-US}}</ref>

As per the records on official webpage of the district, in 1028 A.D. King Syed Shalar Masood Ghazi came with a huge army to conquer the area but he went back to [[Afghanistan]], leaving few of his people in the area. A sufi saint Baba Malik Tahir and his brother Malik Qasim were part of the remaining group. There are places like Malik Tahir Pura and Qasim Pura in the name of these two saints in Mau city. The tomb of Malik Tahir is also present in Malik Tahir Pura and locally known as Mazaar Malik Tahir Baba.<ref name="mau.nic.in">https://mau.nic.in/about-district/history/</ref>

Around 1540–1545, [[Sher Shah Suri]], the emperor who defeated [[Humayun]], during his reign visited Kolhuvavan ([[Madhuban]]) to meet the great Sufi saint Syed Ahmad Wadva.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-10/lucknow/31046000_1_doharighat-mukhtar-ansari-bsp-ticket |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130913042857/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-10/lucknow/31046000_1_doharighat-mukhtar-ansari-bsp-ticket |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-09-13 |title=Sufi saint's abode now Uttar Pradesh don's den |date=2012-02-10 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2015-10-05}}</ref> Mahvani, one of the daughters of Sher Shah had settled permanently near the dargah of Syed Wadva. The area also finds place in the historical book of [[Ziya'-Ud-Din Barani|Ziyaudeen Barni]] with a description that the great Mughal emperor Akbar passed through Mau on his way to Allahabad. At that time, labourer and artisans originally belonging to Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey, who had come with Mughal army settled here permanently. These artisans integrated into the society over a period of time but they kept their art alive and despite a gradual demise of the handloom industry in the eastern Uttar Pradesh, the saree industry of Mau still remains the last bastion of handicraft in the area otherwise an industrially thriving region till the end of last century. It is also believed that one of Akbar's daughters, Jahan Aara had also settled in that area where she built a mosque. The original structure of the mosque is not surviving anymore but place is known as Shahi Qatra and there is a Shahi Mosque in that locality reminding of its past glory.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Sufi-saints-abode-now-dons-den/articleshow/11830609.cms</ref>

During the Indian freedom struggle, the people of Mau had given full support to the movement, and Mahatma Gandhi had also made a visit to Doharighat region of the district in 1939.<ref name="mau.nic.in"/>

In 1932, [[Azamgarh]] was made independent district, Mau region was a part of it until 1988 when the current area of Mau district was carved out of Azamgarh to make a separate district and on 19 November 1988, Mau became a separate district in which the then [[Ministry of Power (India)|Union Minister of State of India (Power)]] [[Kalpnath Rai]] played a pivotal role. He is also credited to start an array of developmental activities in the city including new Railway Station and a stadium.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/in-mau-a-complex-tapestry-of-caste-and-religion/article2879547.ece</ref>

== In popular culture ==
[[A Passage to India]] is a 1924 novel by English author [[E. M. Forster]] set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. The novel was adapted in a film with same title in 1984. One of the protagonists, Aziz moved to Mau where he met a school master Cyril Fielding.

== Demographics ==
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|title=Religions in Mau<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mau.nic.in/|title=Census 2011|access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref>
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|Founder=Bipul Singh Yadav}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Mau Nath Bhanjan district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,205,968, in which male and female were 1,114,888 and 1,090,782 respectively. In 2001 census, Mau had a population of 1,853,997, in which males were 933,523 and remaining 920,474 were females.<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Latvia]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote =Latvia 2,204,708 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[New Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |access-date=2011-09-30 |quote=New Mexico – 2,059,179 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118011236/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=2011-11-18 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 206th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus /> The district has a population density of {{convert|1287|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus /> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 80.94%.<ref name=districtcensus /> Mau has a [[sex ratio]] of 978 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus /> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 75.16%.<ref name=districtcensus />

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 86.43% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 13.51% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

==People from Mau_district==

=== Armed Forces ===
* Brigadier [[Mohammad Usman|Mohammad Usman Masoodi]] (1912-1948), highest ranking officer of the [[Indian Army]] killed in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948|Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]], awarded [[Maha Vir Chakra|Maha Vir Chakra (MVC)]] posthumously.

=== Literature ===
* [[Ali Jawad Zaidi]] (1916–2004), author and scholar who wrote 80 books. He was awarded a [[Padma Shri]] for his literary achievements.
* [[Fiza Ibn-e-Faizi]] (1923–2009) modern Urdu and Persian poet.
* [[Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azmi]] (1900–1992) Islamic Scholar
* [[Kanhaiya Lal Misra]] (1903–1975) was Advocate General of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India from 1952 to 1969.
* [[Laxmi Narayan Mishra]] (1903–1987), popular play writer and theatre personality.
* [[Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi]] (1934 - ) born in [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh|Mau]] is the Principal of [[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]]. He is also the chancellor of [[Integral University]].
* [[Shyam Narayan Pandey]] (1907–1991) was a [[Hindi]] poet famous for his epic poem ''Haldighati'', which is based on the [[Battle of Haldighati]] between [[Akbar]] and [[Maharana Pratap]].

=== Politician ===
* [[Habibur Rahman Nomani]] (21 August 1926 - 17 August 2005) was an [[India]]n politician from [[Uttar Pradesh]] who belonged to the [[Indian National Congress]].

===Singers===
* [[Baleshwar Yadav (Folk singer)|Baleshwar Yadav]], Bhojpuri Folk singer

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website|http://mau.nic.in}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Mau district
|North = gorakhpur
|Northeast = [[Deoria district]]
|East = [[Ballia district]]
|Southeast = Ghazipur
|South = [[Ghazipur district]]
|Southwest = Azamgarh
|West = [[Azamgarh district]]
|Northwest = [[Gorakhpur district]]
}}

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