Mau Tehsil - Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh

Mau is an administrative tehsil in the Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Mau is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Kataiya Dandi, while the nearest airport is Allahabad Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 38.5 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 826 km², including 818.37 km² rural area and 8.00 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 889 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Mau Tehsil

Mau Tehsil has a total of 176 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Ahiri	Rural	Ahiri
2	Amarpur	Rural	Ghurehta
3	Arawari Naudhiya	Rural	Bojh
4	Atari Majra	Rural	Semara
5	Aunjhar Rahna	Rural	Aunjhar
6	Bambura	Rural	Mandaur
7	Bamburi	Rural	Bamburi
8	Bandhi	Rural	Bandhi
9	Barachhi Ahatmali	Rural	Suhel Mustkil
10	Barachhi Mustkil	Rural	Suhel Mustkil
11	Bargadh	Rural	Bargadh
12	Barha Kotara Ahatmali	Rural	Barha Kotra Mustakil
13	Barha Kotra Mustakil	Rural	Barha Kotra Mustakil
14	Bariya	Rural	Bariya
15	Bariyari Kalan Ahatmali	Rural	Bariyari Kalan Mustakil
16	Bariyari Kalan Mustakil	Rural	Bariyari Kalan Mustakil
17	Bariyari Khurd Ahatmali	Rural	Bariyari Kalan Mustakil
18	Bariyari Khurd Mustakil	Rural	Barha Kotra Mustakil
19	Barwar Ahatmali	Rural	Barwar Mustkil
20	Barwar Mustkil	Rural	Barwar Mustkil
21	Basingha	Rural	Basingha
22	Basrehi Ahatmali	Rural	Redi Bhusauli Mustkil
23	Basrehi Mustkil	Rural	Redi Bhusauli Mustkil
24	Benipur Pali Ahatmali	Rural	Pardawan Mustakil
25	Benipur Pali Mustakil	Rural	Pardawan Mustakil
26	Bhakharwar	Rural	Bhakharwar
27	Bhatgawan	Rural	Bojh
28	Bhawanipur	Rural	Deora
29	Bhitari	Rural	Bhitari
30	Bihata	Rural	Mohini
31	Bisaundha	Rural	Ghunuwa
32	Biyawal Ahatmali	Rural	Biyawal Mustkil
33	Biyawal Mustkil	Rural	Biyawal Mustkil
34	Bojh	Rural	Bojh
35	Budhawal	Rural	Reruwa
36	Chachokhar	Rural	Kotwa Mafi
37	Chahata	Rural	Khajuriha Khurd
38	Chak Alaiya	Rural	Tadi Mustkil
39	Chak Bhadesar	Rural	Piparaund
40	Chak Bojh	Rural	Bojh
41	Chak Mawai Radha	Rural	Tenduwa Mafi
42	Chakaur Ahatmali	Rural	Chakaur Mustkil
43	Chakaur Mustkil	Rural	Chakaur Mustkil
44	Chandaha	Rural	Suhel Mustkil
45	Chandai	Rural	Ufarauli
46	Channadh	Rural	Obari
47	Chharehra	Rural	Dondiya Mafi
48	Chhataini Mafi	Rural	Dondiya Mafi
49	Chhivlaha	Rural	Chhiolaha
50	Chitrawar	Rural	Chitawar
51	Dadari	Rural	Dadari
52	Dadhiya	Rural	Basingha
53	Deundha	Rural	Deundha
54	Devra	Rural	Deora
55	Dhadhawar	Rural	Dhadhawar
56	Dhandhaura	Rural	Mandaur
57	Dhawada	Rural	Dhadhawar
58	Dondiya Mafi	Rural	Dondiya Mafi
59	Dubari	Rural	Sakhaunha
60	Dubi	Rural	Raipura
61	Gadhawa	Rural	Gadhawa
62	Gahur	Rural	Gahur
63	Ghunuwa	Rural	Ghunuwa
64	Ghurehta	Rural	Ghurehta
65	Goiya Kalan	Rural	Goiya Khurd
66	Goiya Khurd	Rural	Goiya Khurd
67	Hanna Binaika	Rural	Hanna Binaika
68	Haradi Kalan	Rural	Haradi Kalan
69	Hardi Khurd	Rural	Haradi Kalan
70	Hatawa	Rural	Hatawa
71	Itaha Devipur	Rural	Itaha Devipur
72	Itwan	Rural	Itwan
73	Jafarpur	Rural	Khandeha
74	Jamira	Rural	Koniya
75	Jorwara	Rural	Karahi
76	Kalchiha	Rural	Kalchiha
77	Kandhara	Rural	Obari
78	Kaniyadh	Rural	Kotwa Mafi
79	Kapuri	Rural	Singhpur
80	Karahi	Rural	Karahi
81	Karaundi Khurd	Rural	Obari
82	Kataiya Dandi	Rural	Kataiya Dandi
83	Kataiya Khadar Ahatmali	Rural	Kataiya Khadar Mustkil
84	Kataiya Khadar Mustkil	Rural	Kataiya Khadar Mustkil
85	Khajuriha Kalan	Rural	Khajuriha Kalan
86	Khajuriha Khurd	Rural	Khajuriha Khurd
87	Khamhariya	Rural	Deora
88	Khandeha	Rural	Khandeha
89	Khandevra	Rural	Itaha Devipur
90	Khandokhar	Rural	Deora
91	Khapatiha	Rural	Khapatiha
92	Kharagdah	Rural	Dondiya Mafi
93	Khohar	Rural	Khohar
94	Khor	Rural	Deundha
95	Kolmajra	Rural	Kol Majara
96	Koniya	Rural	Koniya
97	Konpa	Rural	Konpa
98	Kotara Khambha	Rural	Kotara Khambha
99	Kotwa Mafi	Rural	Kotwa Mafi
100	Lalai	Rural	Obari
101	Lamakol	Rural	Bandhi
102	Lapaon	Rural	Lapaon
103	Laudara	Rural	Bariya
104	Lauri	Rural	Lauri
105	Lodhaura Barethi	Rural	Lodhaura Barethi
106	Lodhauta Kalan	Rural	Haradi Kalan
107	Lodhauta Khurd	Rural	Haradi Kalan
108	Madaha	Rural	Turgawan
109	Madraha	Rural	Saipur
110	Mahraja	Rural	Bojh
111	Man Kunwar Ahatmali	Rural	Man Kunwar Mustakil
112	Man Kunwar Mustakil	Rural	Man Kunwar Mustakil
113	Manaudhasani	Rural	Khapatiha
114	Mandaur	Rural	Mandaur
115	Manka Chhataini	Rural	Manka Chhataini
116	Mau Ahatmali	Urban	Not applicable
117	Mau Mustkil	Urban	Not applicable
118	Mawai Kalan Ahatmali	Rural	Mawai Kalan Mustkil
119	Mawai Kalan Mustkil	Rural	Mawai Kalan Mustkil
120	Mawai Khurd	Rural	Tenduwa Mafi
121	Mohani	Rural	Mohini
122	Muraka	Rural	Muraka
123	Naudhiya Ahatmali	Rural	Kataiya Khadar Mustkil
124	Naudhiya Mustkil	Rural	Kataiya Khadar Mustkil
125	Nevra	Rural	Deora
126	Nibi	Rural	Nibi
127	Nigdha	Rural	Lodhaura Barethi
128	Nonmai	Rural	Khajuriha Khurd
129	Obari	Rural	Obari
130	Pahadi	Rural	Pahadi
131	Pardawan Ahatmali	Rural	Pardawan Mustakil
132	Pardawan Mustakil	Rural	Pardawan Mustakil
133	Pashchim Patai Ahatmali	Rural	Tikara
134	Pashchim Patai Mustakil	Rural	Tikara
135	Patori	Rural	Sesa Subakara Mustkil
136	Pipraund	Rural	Piparaund
137	Piyariya Kalan	Rural	Balhaura
138	Pura	Rural	Dadari
139	Purab Patai Ahatmali	Rural	Purab Patai Mustakil
140	Purab Patai Mustakil	Rural	Purab Patai Mustakil
141	Raipura	Rural	Raipura
142	Ram Nagar	Rural	Ram Nagar
143	Ram Tekawa	Rural	Ghurehta
144	Rampur	Rural	Rampur
145	Rataura	Urban	Not applicable
146	Redi Bhusauli Ahatmali	Rural	Redi Bhusauli Mustkil
147	Redi Bhusauli Mustkil	Rural	Redi Bhusauli Mustkil
148	Rehi	Rural	Basingha
149	Reruwa	Rural	Reruwa
150	Rewadi	Rural	Reruwa
151	Rohiniya	Rural	Lodhaura Barethi
152	Sakhaunha	Rural	Sakhaunha
153	Semara	Rural	Semara
154	Sesa Subakara Ahatmali	Rural	Sesa Subakara Mustkil
155	Sesa Subakara Mustkil	Rural	Sesa Subakara Mustkil
156	Sikraun	Rural	Sikraun
157	Silauta Ahatmali	Rural	Kataiya Khadar Mustkil
158	Silauta Mustkil	Rural	Kataiya Khadar Mustkil
159	Singhpur	Rural	Singhpur
160	Suhel Ahatmali	Rural	Suhel Mustkil
161	Suhel Mustkil	Rural	Suhel Mustkil
162	Suraundha	Rural	Suraundha
163	Tadi Ahatmali	Rural	Tadi Mustkil
164	Tadi Mustkil	Rural	Tadi Mustkil
165	Tatwar	Rural	Mohini
166	Tekna Biran	Rural	Chhiolaha
167	Tenduwa Khurd	Rural	Ghunuwa
168	Tenduwa Mafi	Rural	Tenduwa Mafi
169	Thengar	Rural	Chitawar
170	Tikara	Rural	Tikara
171	Tilauli Ahatmali	Rural	Tilauli Mustakil
172	Tilauli Mustakil	Rural	Tilauli Mustakil
173	Turgawan	Rural	Turgawan
174	Turka Viran	Rural	Bandhi
175	Ufrauli	Rural	Ufarauli
176	Usari Mafi	Rural	Bargadh

Population of Mau Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Mau Tehsil has a total population of 2,81,758 people, consisting of 1,49,118 males and 1,32,640 females. There are 46,834 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 341 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	2,81,758	2,68,319	13,439
Male Population	1,49,118	1,41,990	7,128
Female Population	1,32,640	1,26,329	6,311
Total Households	46,834	44,607	2,227
Population Density	341 / km²	328 / km²	1,680 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 1,50,394 literate people and 53,055 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 74,908 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 359 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	53,055	50,975	2,080
Literate Population	1,50,394	1,42,404	7,990
Illiterate Population	1,31,364	1,25,915	5,449
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	74,908	71,051	3,857
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	359	359	0

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Mau (मऊ)
District	Chitrakoot
State / UT	Uttar Pradesh
Railway Station	Kataiya Dandi
Total Area	826 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	889
Total Population (2011)	2,81,758
Density	341/km²
Total Villages	176

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