Hilauli


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 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, 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 nameTotal land area Population
Deomai825.33,673
Kherwa412.32,367
Balia233.11,464
Baretha80.6952
Gunamau3903,224
Pinduri1931,142
Kudra179.92,147
Sagauli2692,048
Barwa Kalan3431,497
Bachhaura364.62,607
Behta275.21,835
Bahwa337.71,909
Bhatan Khera139.6820
Bakspur1971,570
Ganga Khera218641
Bathua Shahpur76.8590
Hardi1761,151
Basdeo Khera47.8103
Para1,623.27,701
Sarai Thakuri115671
Mardanpur318.91,668
Reola49.3594
Musandi277.52,992
Gunjauli952.64,335
Khajuha114.5427
Lohli135.9827
Chilauli299.11,148
Tisendha147.41,110
Barenda200.4864
Asrenda632.54,475
Pankuwar Khera272.72,404
Lauwasingan Khera2,0239,984
Pachhim Gaon108.9883
Subas Khera89810
Asri Khera167.41,042
Dund Pur213.31,203
Maharani Khera460.22,683
Hilauli 2,312.213,318
Bardaha459.52,529
Sandana891.16,082
Kardaha510.73,873
Moh Gawan105.6800
Chak Saraiyan443.11,525
Lohra Mau236.11,349
Chandakhera Digalhai185.81,265
Indaura245.2835
Mawai2,48914,690
Rajwara520.82,993
Khanpur213.31,503
Galibpur371.42,323
Chhipipur53.7172
Sarai Mubarak235.31,320
Rasul Pur151.2397
Lakhan Pura306.5860
Ahesha635.93,252
Lachhi Khera503.41,488
Maurawan1,005.52,093
Baraula314.91,428
Kuri153.7375
Mirjapur136.4809
Jera518.12,826
Patola Dasi204.21,205
Akohari2,614.613,167
Nari Chak520.92,129
Bisara495.82,838
Lotna493.22,443
Jaisingh Khera254.5530
Gulriha2,451.812,482