Jhalotar
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| subdivision_name2 = Unnao
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| area_total_km2 = 1.777
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Jhalotar is a village in Hasanganj block of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India.{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Unnao, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=204–36 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/UPA.html |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=2 July 2021}} It is located just to the west of the Mohan-Ajgain road, near a lake called Kundra Samundar.{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Unao: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXVIII Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1903 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=188–91 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113180 |access-date=2 July 2021}} It hosts a weekly haat and has one primary school and no healthcare facilities. Drinking water is provided by hand pump. As of 2011, the population of the village is 1,990, in 319 households.
History
According to tradition, the spot now occupied by Jhalotar was once a dhak jungle where a faqir named Mushtaq Shah lived. A Chamar man also built a house nearby, made a clearing, and started a village called "Jhali" here; the name later became Jhalotar. Jhalotar is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as the seat of a pargana, and at some point the Subahdar of Awadh built a fort here. In 1770, Beni Bahadur Kayasth, the minister of the Nawab of Awadh, was granted a jagir in the Jhalotar pargana, which was split off to become a new pargana based at Ajgain. The two parganas were merged again under the British Raj. At the turn of the 20th century, Jhalotar was described as a small village with a population of 682. It hosted a small market once per week.
The 1961 census recorded Jhalotar as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 854 (445 male and 409 female), in 164 households and 153 physical houses.{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (37 - Unnao District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=liv-lv of section "Hasanganj Tehsil" |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1040/1/21887_1961_UNN.pdf |access-date=2 July 2021}} The area of the village was given as 432 acres.