Auras is a town and
nagar panchayat
A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...
in
Hasanganj
Hasanganj is a village and tehsil headquarters in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located near Mohan, at a road junction leading to Miyanganj and Rasulabad. As of 2011, its population is 4,658, in 818 households.
Hasanganj hosts t ...
tehsil of
Unnao district
Unnao district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Unnao is the district headquarters. The district is part of Lucknow Division.
As of the 2011 census, Unnao district has a population of 3,108,367, making it ...
,
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
,
India
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.
First officially classified as a town for the
1981 census,
Auras is located just north of the
Sai River, on the road from
Unnao
Unnao is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Unnao district and a part of Lucknow division, between Kanpur and Lucknow. Unnao is a large industrial city with three industrial suburbs around it. ...
to
Sandila
Sandila is a town and nagar palika parishad in Hardoi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves as a tehsil headquarters within the district. Located midway between Hardoi and Lucknow, Sandila is a well-connected town with roads le ...
.
Other roads branch off to
Mohan,
Newalganj, and
Malihabad
Malihabad is a town and nagar panchayat in the Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the seat of a tehsil and a community development block of the same name. As of 2011, its population was 17,818, in 3,032 households. Malihabad is ...
.
Auras was historically the seat of a
pargana
Pargana ( bn, পরগনা, , hi, परगना, ur, پرگنہ) or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each ...
and today is the seat of a
community development block
In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...
.
Important commodities produced here include wheat flour, rice, and mangoes.
As of 2011, the population of Auras is 6,466, in 1,158 households.
History
According to tradition, Auras was founded c. 1400 by Ram Mal, a member of the
Ursaha merchant community from
Sandila
Sandila is a town and nagar palika parishad in Hardoi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves as a tehsil headquarters within the district. Located midway between Hardoi and Lucknow, Sandila is a well-connected town with roads le ...
.
The Ursahas' trade routes passed through the area, and the site of what is now Auras was covered by forests.
Ram Mal cut down the forest and established a village here, which he called "Auras" after his tribe.
Auras was originally part of
Lucknow district
Lucknow district is a district located in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The city of Lucknow is the district headquarters and the district is part of Lucknow Division. It also is the capital of Uttar Pradesh Lucknow is Bounded on ...
, but the Auras-Mohan pargana was moved into Unnao district in 1869.
It was put into the tehsil previously based at
Nawabganj; the headquarters were moved to Mohan at that point and then later moved to Hasanganj.
At the turn of the 20th century, Auras was described as a small village that served as headquarters of the pargana of Auras-Mohan.
It had a police station, a road bungalow, and one primary school.
There were two markets held weekly, but they were not particularly busy, and the only local products were earthenware and a small amount of jewellery.
The population of Auras in 1901 was 1,535 people, including a Muslim population of 96.
Geography
The township is located near the Sai River at the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. The area is covered with evergreen vegetation and is having extremely fertile land for agriculture. The average elevation is 214 mts above sea level and is generally south-east sloping.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census, Auras has a population of 6,466 people, in 1,158 households.
The town's
sex ratio
The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species devia ...
is 920 females to every 1000 males; 3,368 of Auras's residents are male (52%) and 3,098 are female (48%).
The 0-6 age group makes up 14.9% of the town's population; among this group, the sex ratio is 907, which is slightly higher than the district urban average of 903.
Members of
Scheduled Castes
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...
make up 31.26% of the town's population, the highest proportion among towns in Unnao district, while no members of
scheduled tribes
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...
were recorded.
The town's
literacy rate
Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...
was 69.0% (counting only people age 7 and up); literacy was higher among men and boys (77.3%) than among women and girls (60.1%).
The corresponding gap of 17.3% was the highest among towns in the district.
In terms of employment, 26.4% of Auras residents were classified as main workers (i.e. people employed for at least 6 months per year) in 2011.
Marginal workers (i.e. people employed for less than 6 months per year) made up 6.1%, and the remaining 67.6% were non-workers.
Employment status varied according to gender, with 48.6% of men being either main or marginal workers, compared to 14.9% of women.
53.1% of Auras's population lives in
slum
A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty. The infrastructure in slums is often deteriorated or incomplete, and they are primarily inh ...
conditions as of 2011.
There are 6 slum areas in Auras: Chamraudha 1st, Chamraudha 2nd, Khambhapar (the largest), Murauwan Tola, Pasiyana, and Thakurahana.
These range in size from 85 to 183 households and have between 8 and 22
tap water
Tap water (also known as faucet water, running water, or municipal water) is water supplied through a tap, a water dispenser valve. In many countries, tap water usually has the quality of drinking water. Tap water is commonly used for drinking, ...
access points.
The number of
flush toilets installed in people's homes ranges from 15 to 65.
All 6 areas are serviced by
open sewers.
Infrastructure
The township is developed in sectors with some being north to Agra-Lucknow Expressway and some being south of it. The commercial and banking settlement is in north and the south has residential lands. The township is developed by LDA and KDA combined. The IT and knowledge park along with heavy machinery industry like Aero-Turbine and Casing Pumps that are set by Haliburton are creating jobs here.
Villages
Auras CD block has the following 94 villages:
References
Cities and towns in Unnao district
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