Pilua
village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Pilua (Piluā) is a village in Firozabad block of Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh. It is located southeast of Firozabad, with an area of rugged woodland separating it from the Yamuna river on the southwest. As of 2011, it had a population of 362, in 72 households.
Geography
Pilua is located southeast of Firozabad and about 2 km northeast of the bank of the Yamuna. The area between Pilua and the Yamuna is broken up by many ravines, and much of it is covered by dense babul woodland belonging to the Firozabad Reserved Forest. In contrast to the steep ravines to the southwest, the area northeast of Pilua is all basically flat farmland. There is a large tank on the northwest side of the village. About 1 km to the northwest is the village of Pempur Anandipur, while about 1 km to the southeast are the hamlets of Muhammadpur and Shankarpur. About 1.5 km to the northeast are the close-together villages of Kindarpur and Satkai.
Demographics
As of 2011, Pilua had a population of 362, in 72 households.
The public source identifies “Pilua” as village in Uttar Pradesh, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pilua, village and Uttar.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q139962131. Authority coordinates are 27.061, 78.447. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011.
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