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{{Short description|Village in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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'''Allau''' ([[Devanagari]]: अल्लाऊ {{IAST|Allāū}}), also spelled '''Ailau''', is a village in [[Jagir, Mainpuri|Jagir]] block of [[Mainpuri district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Located south of [[Bhongaon]] and east of [[Mainpuri]], Allau is a former [[community development block]] headquarters. It contains about a dozen subsidiary hamlets. As of 2011, Allau has a total population of 5,087, in 1,810 households.

== Geography ==
Allau is located about 10 km south of [[Bhongaon]], the tehsil headquarters, and 13 km east of [[Mainpuri]]. The [[Dharmangadpur Nagariya|Nagaria]] distributary canal crosses through village lands immediately north of the main site.<ref name="Gazetteer 1910">{{cite book |editor1-last=Neave|editor1-first=E. R. |title=Mainpuri: A Gazetteer, Being Volume X of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh |date=1910 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181613 |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|181}}

According to the [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]], Allau has a total area of 1,605.7 [[hectare]]s, of which 382.2 were currently farmland, 165.1 were [[fallow]] lands, and 91.1 were under non-agricultural use. 4.1 hectares were occupied by [[orchard]]s, 0 were occupied by permanent [[pasture]]s, 6.3 were classified as cultivable but not currently under any agricultural use, and 0 were classified as non-cultivable. No forests existed on village lands.<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|223}}

== History ==
At the turn of the 20th century, Allau was described as containing "the village site of ''[[mauza]]'' [[Gadaipur]]... and there are twelve subsidiary hamlets". The Raja of Mainpuri was then the sole ''[[zamindar]]'' of Allau.<ref name="Gazetteer 1910"/>{{rp|181}}

== Demographics ==
As of 2011, Allau had a population of 5,087, in 1,810 households.<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|217}} This population was 54.1% male (2,756) and 45.9% female (2,331). The 0-6 age group numbered 798 (449 male and 349 female), or 15.7% of the total population. 1,249 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 24.6% of the total.<ref name="Census 2011 B">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Mainpuri, Part B (Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1259/download/4050/DH_2011_0917_PART_B_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|154-5}}

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Allau as having a population of 3,271 people, in 590 households.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Mainpuri |date=1982 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/29484/download/32665/28516_1981_MAI.pdf |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>{{rp|174-5}}

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Allau as comprising 15 hamlets, with a total population of 2,453 people (1,310 male and 1,143 female), in 497 households and 245 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 1,586 acres, and it was then headquarters of a [[community development block]].<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (24 - Mainpuri District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28772/download/31954/22833_1961_MAI.pdf |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>{{rp|civ}}

As of 1901, Allau had a total population of 2,080.<ref name="Gazetteer 1910"/>{{rp|181}}

== Infrastructure ==
As of 2011, Allau had 3 primary schools; it did not have any healthcare facilities. Drinking water was provided by hand pump and tube well; there were no public toilets. The village had a post office but no public library; there was at least some access to electricity for all purposes. Streets were made of both ''[[Indian vernacular architecture#kachcha|kachcha]]'' and ''[[Indian vernacular architecture#pucca|pakka]]'' materials.<ref name="Census 2011 A">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Mainpuri, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1258/download/4046/DH_2011_0917_PART_A_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|217-22}}

==References==
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{{Mainpuri district}}

[[Category:Villages in Mainpuri district]]

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Ajay Kumar at 09:52, 12 August 2023