Hanumana
human settlement in Rewa District, Rewa division, Madhya Pradesh, India
Hanumana is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mauganj district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and some Neighbouring Towns are Manikwar, Mauganj And Mangawan. Hanumana is also a Tehsil Headquarter.
Demographics
As of 2011 India census, Hanumana had a population of 254,882. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Hanumana has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 64%, and female literacy is 41%. In Hanumana, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Economy
After the year 2000, Hanumana became an education hub for nearby villages, however its business hub image went down drastically as all villages now have their own marketplace. Now many people from nearby villages come to Hanumana to pursue an education. Students pursue technical education like medical, Engineering, MBA and more migrate to other cities within and out of Madhya Pradesh. People of Hanumana started migrating to big cities like Indore, Bhopal, Mumbai and Delhi for education and jobs.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Hanumana” as human settlement in Rewa District, Rewa division, Madhya Pradesh, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as human settlement in Rewa District, Rewa division, Madhya Pradesh, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3350532. Authority coordinates are 24.775, 82.090. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011 and 2000.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Hanumana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.