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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kalyanmal
| native_name = Kalyānmal
| native_name_lang = hi
| other_name = Rathauli
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Populated place
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| image_map = Kothwan block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Kalyanmal (#839) in Kothwan CD block
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27.235382|N|80.534914|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Search for "Kalyanmal" here}}</ref>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hardoi district|Hardoi]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
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| area_total_km2 = 11.642
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| population_total = 8295
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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'''Kalyanmal''' is a village in [[Kothwan]] block of [[Hardoi district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Hardoi, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=389-406 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0924_PART_A_DCHB_HARDOI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> Historically the seat of a [[pargana]],<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Hardoi - A Gazetteer |date=1904 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=208-11 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48076 |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> Kalyanmal is located 11 km from the city of [[Beniganj]],<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Hardoi |date=1982 |pages=238-9 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1229/1/27831_1981_HAR.pdf |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> on the north side of the road leading to [[Atrauli]] and [[Bhatpurwaghat]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Also close by is the road running from [[Sandila]] to [[Gundlamau]] in [[Sitapur district]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Every Sunday during the month of [[Bhadon]], a fair is held at Hattia Haran, a tank south of Kalyanmal where the god [[Rama]] is said to have bathed.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Kalyanmal also hosts a small fair to Panchabgir Mahadeo during the month of [[Aghan]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/>As of 2011, the population of Kalyanmal is 8,295, in 1,532 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== History ==
According to legend, Kalyanmal was originally called '''Rathauli''', because [[Ramachandra]]'s chariot had stopped here on the way back from [[Sri Lanka]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> A mile to the south of Kalyanmal is a pool called Hattia Haran, which is where Ramachandra is said to have bathed.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Another tradition associated with Kalyanmal is found at the temple to Panchabgir Mahadeo: although the structure itself is modern, the [[lingam]] is much older and was supposedly set up by [[Judhisthir]], the raja of [[Hastinapura]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

Apart from these legends, the earliest record of Kalyanmal's history is the traditional account of its conquest by the [[Bais Rajput|Bais]] raja Kumar, sometime before 1400.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Kumar drove out the previous [[Thathera]] rulers and built a fort at Rathauli, which became his capital.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The ruins of this fort still exist and are now called Wairi Dih.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> However, the [[Sikarwar]] raja Nag Mal later murdered Kumar and seized his lands.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The modern town of Kalyanmal was supposedly then founded by Nag Mal's grandson, Kalyan Sah.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

Kalyanmal became the seat of a [[pargana]] during the reign of [[Aurangzeb]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> A fort was built here at that time, and a garrison was posted along with one [[cannon]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

In 1901, the population of Kalyanmal was 1,783, with almost all the locals belonging to the [[Chamar]] community.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> There was a village school at the time, and the average attendance of the Hattia Haran fair was about 5,000 people.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Kalyanmal as comprising 17 hamlets, with a total population of 3,393 people (1,805 male and 1,588 female) in 618 households and 498 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (36 - Hardoi District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=146, cxxvi-cxxvii of section "Sandila Tahsil" |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/987/1/22855_1961_HAR.pdf |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 2,938 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1981"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Kalyanmal as having a population of 5,075, in 1,092 households, and covering an area of 1,190.63 [[hectare]]s.<ref name="Census 1981"/>

== References ==
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{{Hardoi district}}

[[Category:Villages in Hardoi district]]

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