| Voice of Mau : Ajay
Kumar
Following are the social and developmental challenges of the district:
· Low literacy rate.
· Lack of awareness on various health issues.
· Road communication still needs to be improved
· Less employment opportunities and poverty is leading to
another issue like migration
Mau District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 1713.0 Km2
Population in Mau (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 2205170
Male : 1114888
Female : 1090282
Under 6 population
Total : 327500
Male : 170238
Female : 157262
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 24817
In seeing : 10485
In speech : 2137
In hearing : 1139
In movement : 8116
Mental : 2940
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Sex Ratio Rank : 478
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability :
Literacy Ratio :
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Mau District
Many myth are popular regarding
history of MAU district, .In common opinion MAU
is considered as Turkish word , which
means "GARH" , "PADAV" , "CHAVANI" . No historical records
are available regarding habitance of
Mau. A little description is given in the
historical book of Jiyaudeen Barni that
Akbar the Great passed through Mau, in its
way towards Allahabad.
During his reign Sher Shah Suri,
the famous emperor who had defeated
Mughals, visited Kolhuvavan (Madhuban) to
meet the great sufi saint Syed Ahmad Wadva.
Mahvani, one of the daughters of Sher
Shah was settled permanently near
the dargah of Syed Sahab . Various
developmental works were undertaken by Sher Shah during his reign
for economic development of the Mau region.
During the construction of Military
Base & Shahi Masque, a large number of labourer
& artisans came with Mughal
Army. The labourer force includes a large
number of Artisans , Weavers etc. Who
originally belongs to Iran,
Afganistan & Turki. They settled here
permanently.
During the period of Freedom Struggle the residents
of Mau had given their full support to the movment. Mahatma Gandhi
came here in Doharighat on 3rd october 1939.
In salt law breaking movement many persons of
Mau had actively taken part,some of them
are as follows : Umrav Singh , Shiv
Saran Rai, Satrai Singh , Haidwar Singh, Kalpnath Shukl,
Ram chandra Pandey,Krishna Madhav Lal, Ibrahim Khan,Vishwanath Prasad,Ram
Palat Rai,Sita Ram Arya, Ram Davar Singh, Mangala Rai, Nana Saheb
Marwari, Dalsingar Pandey, Chotu Ram,Gaya Prasad,Raj Daras Rai,
Ram Dev Rai, Raj Narayan Rai, Jaganath Prasad, Chikaru Rai,Mahesh
Rai,Bhagirath Rai etc.
In 1938 Jai Bahadur Singh
had looted the train in piprideeh
with his mates Krishna Dev Rai , Jamin Ali ,
Udai Narayan Dubey , Keshav Shukla , Beekeshvar Dutt , Jaganath
Mishra,Tej Pratap Singh.
During 1942 Quit India Movement
the mob was collected against the
outrage of Madhuban Police Station Officer ; Collector Navlate
was present there,he ordered to fire on the mob. Many
persons were killed & injured on spot. In memory of shaheed
of above said event a monument was built on the same place in Madhuban.
Mau was an important township
of Azamgarh district before its creation On 19th
Nov. 1988 it was made district, largerly due to the
effort of Late Kalpnath Rai , who was M.
P. from Ghosi Parliamentary seat.
The local language of Mau
is peculiar in its flavour , it includes
the slang of Bhojpuri Persian, Turkish & Irani. The main
Industrial setup here is of cloth making by powerloom
due to presence of a large number of weavers in the district . Sari,
Lungi & other clothes being prepared
here nowadays and are exported
to various states of India and also to various countries.
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