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{{Short description|Village in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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'''Unaula Khas''' ([[Devanagari]]: उनवौला खास {{IAST|Unaulā Khās}}), also just '''Unaula''', is a village in [[Khajni]] block of [[Gorakhpur district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It may be identical with the '''Oṇavala''' mentioned in two [[Gahadavala dynasty|Gāhaḍavāla]]-era copper plate grants from the early 1100s. As of 2011, it has a population of 1,078, in 136 households.

== Name ==
The name "Unaula" is sometimes also written "Anaula".<ref name="Gazetteer 1909">{{cite book |editor1-last=Nevill |editor1-first=H. R. |title=Gorakhpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXI of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh |date=1909 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.94287 |access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>{{rp|307}}

== Geography ==
Unaula is located just west of the [[Gorakhpur]]-[[Sikriganj]] road, about 21 km southwest of Gorakhpur and about 11 km northwest of [[Bansgaon]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1909"/>{{rp|307-8}}

== History ==
According to Roma Niyogi, Unaula can be identified with the place called ''Oṇavala'' mentioned in two copper plate grants of the [[Gahadavala dynasty|Gāhaḍavāla]] monarch [[Govindachandra (Gahadavala dynasty)|Govindachandra]], although it's unspecified if Niyogi is referring to Unaula Khas or to nearby [[Unwal]]. Both of these inscriptions were found at the nearby village of [[Pali Khas, Bansgaon|Pali]]. The first one is dated to 1114 (VS 1171), and the second one is dated to April 1132 (VS 1189). These two inscriptions describe Oṇavala as a ''pathaka'' and name two ''pattalā''s as part of it: Sirasī (identified with present-day [[Sirsi, Gorakhpur|Sirsi]]) and Goyara. Oṇavala was part of some entity called Saruvāra, which may have been a [[vishaya]] (district).<ref name="Niyogi 1959">{{cite book |last1=Niyogi |first1=Roma |title=The History of the Gāhaḍavāla Dynasty |date=1959 |publisher=Calcutta Oriental Book Agency |location=Calcutta |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100795 |access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>{{rp|70, 72, 123-4, 128}}

Unaula may also be the namesake of the later ''[[pargana]]'' called Unaula, but this is doubtful. It formed part of the ''tappa'' of Mohsan, while Unwal was the seat of the Haveli ''tappa'' and also the seat of the Rajas of Unaula. At the turn of the 20th century, the village of Unaula was described as "wholly insignificant", with a population of just 312 as of 1901.<ref name="Gazetteer 1909"/>{{rp|307-8}}

== Demographics ==
As of 2011, Unala Khas had a population of 1,078, in 136 households.<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|358}} This population was 50.3% male (542) and 49.7% female (536). The 0-6 age group numbered 169 (87 male and 82 female), or 15.7% of the total population. 172 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 16.0% of the total.<ref name="Census 2011 B">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Gorakhpur, Part B (Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1221/download/3898/DH_2011_0957_PART_B_DCHB_GORAKHPUR.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>{{rp|302-3}}

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Unaula Khas as having a population of 677 people, in 94 households.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Gorakhpur |date=1982 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/29266/download/32447/28727_1981_GOR.pdf |access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>{{rp|406-7}}

== Infrastructure ==
As of 2011, Unaula Khas had 1 community health centre; it did not have any schools. Drinking water was provided by hand pump and tube well/borehole. The village did not have a post office or public library; there was at least some access to electricity for all purposes. Streets were made of ''[[Indian vernacular architecture#kachcha|kachcha]]'' materials.<ref name="Census 2011 A">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Gorakhpur, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1220/download/3894/DH_2011_0957_PART_A_DCHB_GORAKHPUR.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>{{rp|358-62}}

==References==
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{{Gorakhpur district}}

[[Category:Villages in Gorakhpur district]]

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