Allau
{{Short description|Village in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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{{redirect|Ailau|the Hawai'ian noblewoman|Mary Pitman Ailau}}
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Allau ({{IAST|Allāū}}), also spelled Ailau, is a village in 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 had 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 Nagaria distributary canal crosses through village lands immediately north of the main site.{{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}}{{rp|181}}
According to the 2011 census, Allau has a total area of 1,605.7 hectares, 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 orchards, 0 were occupied by permanent pastures, 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.{{rp|223}}
History
Demographics
As of 2011, Allau had a population of 5,087, in 1,810 households.{{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.{{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}}{{rp|154-5}}
The 1981 census recorded Allau as having a population of 3,271 people, in 590 households.{{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}}{{rp|174-5}}
The 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.{{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}}{{rp|civ}}
As of 1901, Allau had a total population of 2,080.{{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 kachcha and pakka materials.{{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}}{{rp|217-22}}