Maudaha

Maudaha
Maudaha ; मौदहा
	City
	Maudaha Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Maudaha Maudaha (India)
	Coordinates: 25.68°N 80.12°E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Division	Chitrakoot
Region	Bundelkhand
Government
• Type	Nagar Palika (Municipality)
• Body	Maudaha Nagar Palika
Elevation	120 m (390 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	40,003
Languages
• Official	Hindi हिन्दी
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	210507
STD Code	+91-5284
Vehicle registration	UP, 91
Website	hamirpur.nic.in

Maudaha is a city and a Municipal Board in Hamirpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The district participated in the elections of 1937 which were conducted under the Government of India Act of 1935, in order to organize activities of the Congress in the district Jawaharlal Nehru and Abul Kalam Azad visited Maudaha in 1937. With the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, however, the Congress ministries resigned on the issue of India's forced participation in it. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people.

Recently, during local body election in December 2017, three Gram Panchayats- Sichauli Purva, Ragaul and Fatteh purva merged with the Maudaha Municipality, formally called Maudaha Nagar Palika.

History

Maudaha is one of four tehsils of Hamirpur district of Indian State Uttar Pradesh. The town had been recognized as one of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly's region until 2012.

Geography

Maudaha is located at 25.68°N 80.12°E / 25.68; 80.12.[1] It has an average elevation of 120 metres (393 feet).

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[2] Maudaha is a Nagar Palika Parishad city in the district of Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Maudaha city is divided into 25 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Maudaha Nagar Palika Parishad has a population of 40,003 of which 21,266 are males while 18,737 are females as per the report released by Census India 2011.

The population of Children with age of 0-6 is 5059 which is 12.65% of the total population of Maudaha (NPP). In Maudaha Nagar Palika Parishad, Female Sex Ratio is of 881 against the state average of 912. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Maudaha is around 868 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. The literacy rate of Maudaha city is 78.77% higher than the state average of 67.68%. In Maudaha, Male literacy is around 86.22% while the female literacy rate is 70.34%.

Maudaha Nagar Palika Parishad has total administration over 7,152 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Palika Parishad limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Religions in Maudaha
Religion			Percent
Hindus			57.15%
Muslims			42.40%
Christian			0.19%
Others†			0.06%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (<0%), Buddhists (<0%).

Economy

There is no large scale industry in Maudaha apart from a few small scale industries available but these industries are not sufficient for giving enough employment to local people. The economy is mostly dependent on farming. The city however, has a growing private commercial sector, mainly retail businesses. Most depend for their livelihood on farming. This region is in a drought-affected area.

There is a big industry named as Hindustan Unilever in Bharua Sumerpur 15 km far from Maudaha.

Transport

Road transport

The available multiple modes of public transport in the city are taxis, cycle rickshaws, auto rickshaws. National Highway 86 (India) passes through Maudaha which connects it to Kanpur and Sagar. A district major road MD510B passes through Maudaha which connects it to Banda and Muskara. Apart from the long-distance services, there are many services to nearby places within the state. There are number of daily buses to Kanpur, Rath, Delhi, Sagar, Lucknow, Jhansi, Banda, in Uttar Pradesh and to many other states.

Railways

Maudaha is served by Ragaul railway station, a Category A station, under the Jhansi railway division of the North Central Railway Zone.[3] It is well connected by trains with cities like Kanpur, Lucknow, Bilaspur, Jabalpur, Raipur, Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi).

School and colleges

Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Maudaha
Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Maudaha
National Inter College, Maudaha
Gandhi Inter College, Maudaha
V.H.M.S. Rahmaniya Inter College
St. Paul's Inter College, Maudaha
Smt.Vidya Devi Paliwal Inter College, Ragaul
Taj Public School, Fattehpur
Rajkiya Mahavidhyalaya
Sundar Lal Shivhare Degree College, Makraon
Saraswati Vidyapeeth Mahila Mahavidhyalaya
I.T.I. College
Delight Convent School, Maudaha
K.G.N Madarsa & School Ragaul Maudaha
J.C.Convent
M.H.Convent
Mordern Public School
M.B.N.N. School
Hussainiya School
Genius children academy, Ragaul
G.S.Vidyarthi School, Maudaha

Climate

References

Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Maudaha
Official census data of Indian city Maudaha as on 2011
"Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

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[1] Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Maudaha

[2] Official census data of Indian city Maudaha as on 2011

[3] "Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.