About Mau

Mau is an industrial district of eastern UP. Sarees, dhotis, towels, lungis, etc. are woven here and exported to other states as well as many countries too like Bangladesh, China, Srilanka, etc. River choti sarayu touches Mau. It was an Azamgarh’s most important township. Here is a industrial setup of cloth. Sari, lungi, and other cloth items are weave here due to presence of large number of weavers and is also exported to many stated in India and to many countries too. Here lives 36.7% of Hindus which are less in comparison to that of Muslims (63.2%). It has 4 tehsils, 9 blocks, and many gram panchayats.

History of Mau

Mau has been out casted from Azamgarh district. Coins of the King Kanishka’s period have been found here by Archeological Survey of India. When India was struggling for its freedom residents of Mau participated in it and helped to make India free from colonial rule. Many people like Jharkhandey Rai, Tejpal Singh etc, in 1970s and 1980s had work hard for social blessings of Mau.

Geographical Conditions in Mau

Mau is located between 83o17’ to 84o52’ east & 24o47’ to 26o17’ north (latitude and longitude respectively). River Ghaghara passes through Mau. Soil types found here are Khadar and Khachari, Bangar is also the soil type found in some part of the district. Temperature here remains warm except rainy season, temperature ranges from 42 degrees in summers to 9 degree Celsius in winters. Average rainfall here Is 5.67 inches.

Tourism in Mau

Not much is available for tourists to see and visit in Mau apart from the Shahi Katra Masjid in Mau.

Shahi Katra Masjid