Mahraura
village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Mahraura is a village in Bachhrawan block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. As of 2011, its population is 905, in 180 households. It is located 5 km from Bachhrawan, the block headquarters, and the main staple foods are wheat and rice. It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities.
The 1961 census recorded Mahraura as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 389 people (211 male and 178 female), in 82 households and 70 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 424 acres.
The 1981 census recorded Mahraura as having a population of 709 people, in 122 households, and having an area of 171.98 hectares.
“Mahraura” enters the record as village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mahraura, village and Uttar can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Mahraura” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Mahraura, village and Uttar provides the most credible route into that argument.
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 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q108084353. The first chronological checks are 2011, 1961 and 1981.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Mahraura” 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.