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{{distinguish|Rav Karna}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Rau Karna
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| settlement_type = Village
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| image_map = Sikandarpur Sarausi block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Rau Karna (#128) in Sikandarpur Sarausi 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|38|N|80|28|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="Gazetteer 1979"/>
| 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 = 10.772
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| population_total = 8705
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| 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]]
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| registration_plate = UP-35
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'''Rau Karna''' is a village in [[Sikandarpur Sarausi]] block of [[Unnao district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1979">{{cite book |last1=Baghel |first1=Amar Singh |title=Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Unnao |date=1979 |publisher=Government Press |location=Rampur |page=270 |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.2864 |access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Unnao, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=262–79 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/UPA.html |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref> It is located 11 km north of the city of [[Unnao]], on the road to [[Hardoi]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1979"/> On the east side of the village is the [[Tinai]], a small stream that dries up in hot weather.<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=231 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113180 |access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref> The village holds a market twice per week.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Rau Karna is part of the [[nyaya panchayat]] circle of [[Banda Khera]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1979"/>

As of 2011, Rau Karna's population is 8,705 people, in 1,688 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> The main crops grown here are wheat, barley, gram, and [[jowar]], and irrigation is provided by a canal as well as by [[tube well]]s.<ref name="Gazetteer 1979"/> There are also some [[Madhuca longifolia|mahua]] and [[mango]] groves.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The land around the village is level, and the soil is mostly fertile [[loam]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> On the north side of the village, there is a large [[banyan]] tree underneath which is a [[lingam]] "of great antiquity" dedicated to Mahadeo.<ref name="Gazetteer 1979"/>

== History ==
Rau Karna is said to have been founded around the year 1125 by Rawan Singh, who was the son of a [[Bisen]] thakur named Unwant Singh.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Rawan Singh cleared the land and founded the settlement, which is named after him ("Rau" being a modified version of "Rawan").<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The modern village and nearby mounds mark the site of the fort built by Rawan Singh.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Much later, his descendants Bhawal Sah and Narbir Sah served as generals under the Mughal emperor [[Aurangzeb]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>

At the turn of the 20th century, Rau Karna had a population of 2,532, almost entirely Hindus and mostly belonging to the [[Pasi (caste)|Pasi]] and [[Lodh]] castes.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The village did not have a school, so children attended the one in nearby [[Thana, Unnao|Thana]] instead.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Unnao district}}

[[Category:Villages in Unnao district]]

Rau Karna - Revision history

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