Mohan (town)
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Mohan is a town and a nagar panchayat
in Unnao district
in the India
n state
of Uttar Pradesh
.
During the days of the Nawabs of Awadh, many residents found employment in the court of the Nawab and earned large fortunes. The town was well known for its Unani Hakims, mimics & actors.
Locals affectionately used to call it as "Mohan Khittae Unan" meaning Mohan as a part of Greece, due to a number of well known "Hakims" {doctors of Unani medicine}.
Hasrat Mohani
, a well known Urdu poet and freedom fighter of Indian independence from British rule, and Iffat Mohani, a well known Urdu novel writer, trace their origins from Mohan. Currently Mohan has several elementary schools and an intermediate school that goes up to grade 12. It is approximately 25 kilometres from city of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.
In the British period Mohan was part of Lucknow District. After independence it merged into the Unnao district.
, Mohan had a population of 13,553. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Mohan has an average literacy rate of 46%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 51%, and female literacy is 40%. In Mohan, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....
in Unnao district
Unnao District
Unnao District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The town of Unnao is the district headquarters. The district is part of Lucknow Division.-History:...
in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
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History
Some local residents say that Mohan is derived from "Moh" meaning devotional love in Hindi and "han" meaning loss. A story claims that when Lord Rama was going to "Vanvas" (self imposed exile) for fourteen years, Mohan is the place where he separated from his wife Sita thinking that he may suffer "han" in "Moh" due to the worldly love hence continued forward with his journey. During the Mughal and British empires, Mohan flourished as a town known for its literate people.During the days of the Nawabs of Awadh, many residents found employment in the court of the Nawab and earned large fortunes. The town was well known for its Unani Hakims, mimics & actors.
Locals affectionately used to call it as "Mohan Khittae Unan" meaning Mohan as a part of Greece, due to a number of well known "Hakims" {doctors of Unani medicine}.
Hasrat Mohani
Hasrat Mohani
Maulana Hasrat Mohani was a romantic poet of Urdu language, journalist, politician, parliamentarian and a fearless freedom fighter of Indian Sub-continent . His real name was Syed Fazl ul Hasan. He was born in 1875 at Mohan in Unnao district of U.P...
, a well known Urdu poet and freedom fighter of Indian independence from British rule, and Iffat Mohani, a well known Urdu novel writer, trace their origins from Mohan. Currently Mohan has several elementary schools and an intermediate school that goes up to grade 12. It is approximately 25 kilometres from city of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.
Geography
Mohan is located at 26.78°N 80.68°E. It has an average elevation of 128 metres (419 feet).In the British period Mohan was part of Lucknow District. After independence it merged into the Unnao district.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Mohan had a population of 13,553. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Mohan has an average literacy rate of 46%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 51%, and female literacy is 40%. In Mohan, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.