Hilauli is a village in Purwa tehsil of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located on the road from Maurawan to Bachhrawan in Rae Bareli district, near the banks of the Sai. Hilauli hosts a market twice per week, on sunday and Thursdays, with grain and vegetables being the main items bought and sold. As of 2011, the population of Hilauli is 13,318, in 2,533 households.
Hilauli also serves as the headquarters of a community development block, which encompasses 68 villages (including Hilauli itself) and has a total population of 178,460 people in 32,880 households.
History According to oral tradition, Hilauli was founded by two Kayasths named Hanuman and Banwari. Folklore holds that the field of Madhab, a Thakur who once lived here, never needs irrigation, no matter how dry the weather gets. Hilauli historically lay in the pargana of Maurawan.
At the turn of the 20th century, Hilauli was described as "a very large village... pleasantly situated among mango groves in a sandy soil near the river Sai". It hosted "a considerable market" twice per week, and it had one school and a small mosque. Its population in 1901 was 4,340, with a large Chhatri population and a small Muslim minority of 260.
The 1961 census recorded Hilauli as comprising 16 hamlets, with a total population of 5,594 (2,801 male and 2,793 female), in 960 households and 860 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 6,055 acres. Average attendance of the biweekly market was about 200 people.
Villages Hilauli CD block has the following 68 villages:
Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011) Deomai 825.3 3,673 Kherwa 412.3 2,367 Balia 233.1 1,464 Baretha 80.6 952 Gunamau 390 3,224 Pinduri 193 1,142 Kudra 179.9 2,147 Sagauli 269 2,048 Barwa Kalan 343 1,497 Bachhaura 364.6 2,607 Behta 275.2 1,835 Bahwa 337.7 1,909 Bhatan Khera 139.6 820 Bakspur 197 1,570 Ganga Khera 218 641 Bathua Shahpur 76.8 590 Hardi 176 1,151 Basdeo Khera 47.8 103 Para 1,623.2 7,701 Sarai Thakuri 115 671 Mardanpur 318.9 1,668 Reola 49.3 594 Musandi 277.5 2,992 Gunjauli 952.6 4,335 Khajuha 114.5 427 Lohli 135.9 827 Chilauli 299.1 1,148 Tisendha 147.4 1,110 Barenda 200.4 864 Asrenda 632.5 4,475 Pankuwar Khera 272.7 2,404 Lauwasingan Khera 2,023 9,984 Pachhim Gaon 108.9 883 Subas Khera 89 810 Asri Khera 167.4 1,042 Dund Pur 213.3 1,203 Maharani Khera 460.2 2,683 Hilauli (block headquarters) 2,312.2 13,318 Bardaha 459.5 2,529 Sandana 891.1 6,082 Kardaha 510.7 3,873 Moh Gawan 105.6 800 Chak Saraiyan 443.1 1,525 Lohra Mau 236.1 1,349 Chandakhera Digalhai 185.8 1,265 Indaura 245.2 835 Mawai 2,489 14,690 Rajwara 520.8 2,993 Khanpur 213.3 1,503 Galibpur 371.4 2,323 Chhipipur 53.7 172 Sarai Mubarak 235.3 1,320 Rasul Pur 151.2 397 Lakhan Pura 306.5 860 Ahesha 635.9 3,252 Lachhi Khera 503.4 1,488 Maurawan 1,005.5 2,093 Baraula 314.9 1,428 Kuri 153.7 375 Mirjapur 136.4 809 Jera 518.1 2,826 Patola Dasi 204.2 1,205 Akohari 2,614.6 13,167 Nari Chak 520.9 2,129 Bisara 495.8 2,838 Lotna 493.2 2,443 Jaisingh Khera 254.5 530 Gulriha 2,451.8 12,482
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