Maudaha is a city and a

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in Hamirpur district,

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, India.

History

Maudaha district participated in the elections of 1937 which were conducted under the

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. In order to organize activities of the Congress in the district

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and

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visited Maudaha in 1937. With the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, however, the Congress ministries resigned on the issue of India's forced participation in it.

Government

Maudaha is one of four tehsils of Hamirpur district of Indian State Uttar Pradesh. The town had been recognized as one of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly's region until 2012. Maudaha is a Nagar Palika Parishad city divided into 25 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. During the local body elections in December 2017, three

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s- ''Sichauli Purva'', ''Ragaul'' and ''Fatteh purva'' merged with the ''Maudaha Municipality'', formally called ''Maudaha Nagar Palika''.

Geography

Maudaha is located at . It has an average elevation of 120 metres (393 feet).

Climate

Demographics

India

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,Official census data of Indian city Maudaha as on 2011
/ref> the Maudaha Nagar Palika Parishad has a population of 40,003 of which 21,266 are males while 18,737 are females. The population of Children with age of 0-6 is 5059 which is 12.65% of the total population of Maudaha (NPP). In Maudaha Nagar Palika Parishad, Female Sex Ratio is of 881 against the state average of 912. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Maudaha is around 868 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. The literacy rate of Maudaha city is 78.77% higher than the state average of 67.68%. In Maudaha, Male literacy is around 86.22% while the female literacy rate is 70.34%. Maudaha Nagar Palika Parishad has total administration over 7,152 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Palika Parishad limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Economy

The economy of Maudaha is mostly dependent on farming and the region is in a drought-affected area. There is no large scale industry in the city apart from a few small scale industries. The city however, has a growing private commercial sector, mainly retail businesses. ''

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'', '' J.K. Cements'', and ''Rimjhim Ispat Ltd.'' have factories in ''Bharua Sumerpur'' village, which is 15 km from Maudaha.

Transport

Road transport

The available multiple modes of public transport in the city are taxis, cycle rickshaws, auto rickshaws.

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passes through Maudaha which connects it to

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and Sagar.

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connects it to

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and Chitrakoot. A district major road MD510B passes through Maudaha which connects it to Banda and Muskara. Apart from the long-distance services, there are many services to nearby places within the state. There are number of daily buses to

, Rath,

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, Sagar,

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

Jhansi Jhansi (; Hindi: झांसी, Urdu: ) is a historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand on the banks of the Pahuj River, in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative hea ...

, Banda, in

and to many other states.

Railways

Maudaha is served by Ragaul railway station, a station, under the

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of the

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. It is well connected by trains with cities like

, Bilaspur,

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References

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