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Place details
- Locality
- Mau
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 20,147
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Uttar Pradesh
- District
- Mau
- Type
- Municipal Council
- Body
- Arshad Jamal (Chairman)
- Total
- 20 km (7.7 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 63 m (207 ft)
- Density
- 14,000/km (36,000/sq mi)
- Official
- Hindi , Urdu
- Regional
- Bhojpuri
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Telephone code
- +0547
- Vehicle registration
- UP-54
- Sex ratio
- 978 (as of 2011) ♀ / ♂
- Website
- www .mau .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Mau district
- Area
- 39
- Elevation
- 63
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Mau district
- Dialing code
- 5195
Show 3 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Mau
- postal code
- 275101
- inception
- 1989-00-00
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Mau, also now known as Maunath Bhanjan, is an industrial town and the headquarter of the Mau district. It is located in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, India. The town is known for its saree industry which is a traditional business and centuries old art of the people of this city.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.