Makhi
Mākhi
Village
Map showing Makhi (#794) in Mianganj CD block
Map showing Makhi (#794) in Mianganj CD block
Makhi is located in Uttar Pradesh
Makhi
Makhi
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°39′44″N 80°28′12″E / 26.662113°N 80.469926°E / 26.662113; 80.469926[1]
Country India India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictUnnao
Founded byMiyan Almas Ali Khan
Area
[2]
 • Total22.168 km2 (8.559 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total13,786
 • Density620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationUP-35

Makhi is a large village in Miyanganj block of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It hosts a Ramlila fair for one day during the month of Kuar,[3] and it also holds a market twice per week, on Mondays and Saturdays.[4] The main items sold at the market are grain and vegetables.[4] Makhi also has a train station on the Kanpur-Balamau line, between the stations at Safipur and Patiyara.[4] As of 2011, its population is 13,786, in 2,503 households.[2]

History

Makhi was supposedly founded around the year 1000 by a Lodh named Makhi, who named the village after himself.[3] The Lodhs were then conquered by one Raja Ishri Singh, from Mainpuri, whose descendants remained the zamindars of the village through the 20th century.[3]

At the turn of the 20th century, Makhi was described as a very large village at the far southern part of the pargana of Asiwan Rasulabad.[3] The Ramlila fair did not draw very large crowds then, and the village's industries included the manufacture of earthenware pottery and some silver ornaments.[3] It had two temples, one to Devi and one to Mahadeo, and its population (which was 4,544 as of the 1901 census) consisted mostly of Chauhan Thakurs and Brahmins.[3]

The 1961 census recorded Makhi as comprising 19 hamlets, with a total population of 6,447 (3,411 male and 3,036 female), in 1,130 households and 1,042 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 5,529 acres.[4] Average attendance of the biweekly market was about 400 people at the time.[4] The village had a medical practitioner at the time, as well as the following small-scale industrial establishments: 1 grain mill, 3 miscellaneous food processing facilities, 1 maker of garments, 1 maker of sundry hardwares, and 3 uncategorised manufacturers.[4]

References

  1. ^ "GeoNames Search". geonames.nga.mil. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Unnao, Part A (Village and Town Directory)". Census 2011 India. pp. 178–203. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Nevill, H.R. (1903). Unao: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXVIII Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 195–6. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (37 - Unnao District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. 136, 156, xlvi-xlvii of section "Hasanganj Tehsil", cxxv–cxxvii. Retrieved 2 July 2021.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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