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Maurawan, also spelled Mauranwan, is a town and nagar panchayat in Purwa tehsil of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 12 km from Purwa on the road to Raebareli, and 3 km to the southwest of the town is the large Basaha lake. As of 2011, its population is 15,484, in 2,399 households.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Maurawan
Settlement.other_name
Mauranwan
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Unnao
Settlement.leader_title
Nagar Panchayat head
Settlement.leader_name
Vivek Narayan Seth
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
4
Settlement.elevation_m
121
Settlement.population_total
15484
Settlement.population_as_of
2011

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Maurawan, also spelled Mauranwan, is a town and nagar panchayat in Purwa tehsil of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 12 km from Purwa on the road to Raebareli, and 3 km to the southwest of the town is the large Basaha lake. As of 2011, its population is 15,484, in 2,399 households.

Maurawan hosts a large Dussehra fair on Asvina Sudi 10 each year. Vendors bring wooden products, metal utensils, earthenware pots, cloth, toys, and other items to sell at the fair. The town hosts a market twice per week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays; grain, cloths, and vegetables are the main items sold. The main crops grown here are wheat, barley, gram, juwar, paddy, and pulses, while irrigation is provided mainly by a canal and by lakes.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maurawan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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