| Mawai | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.3866°N 80.9953°W[1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country India |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Unnao |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 24.89 |
| Population Total: | 14690 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Registration Plate: | UP-35 |
Mawai is a village in Hilauli block of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] As of 2011, its population is 14,690, in 2,734 households, and it has 8 primary schools and one medical clinic.[2] It hosts a regular market and has a post office.[2]
Mawai was founded by Man Singh, a Dikhit Chhatri from Simauni in what is now Banda district.[3] It was previously the site of a Bhar fort, which Man Singh conquered and razed to the ground.[3] He received the land as a jagir from the king in Delhi and founded a village on the site, which he named after himself.[3] His descendants founded various kheras around Mawai, and for a long time they also held qabuliats in the village.[3] At some point, the Dikhits gifted the village to an ancestor of one Sheikh Mansur.[3]
At the turn of the 20th century, Mawai was described as a large, dispersed settlement in the southeastern part of the pargana of Maurawan.[3] It lay off the main roads and had no bazar, and it was mostly significant for its large size.[3] The 1901 census recorded its population as 4,363 people, including a Muslim minority of 256.[3]
The 1961 census recorded Mawai as comprising 19 hamlets, with a total population of 5,940 people (2,854 male and 2,636 female), in 965 households and 860 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 6,503 acres.[4] It had a medical practitioner and post office then.[4] There were two grain mills, one small establishment producing edible fats/oils, two miscellaneous food processing facilities, one small manufacturer of ammunition, fireworks, or other explosives, one bicycle repair shop, two places making clocks and/or watches, and two small manufacturers of jewellery or precious metal objects.[4] It hosted a biweekly haat on Wednesdays and Thursdays where grain and vegetables were the main items of trade, and its average attendance was around 250 people at the time.[4]