# Murarmau

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**Murarmau** is a village in [Sareni](/source/Sareni,_Uttar_Pradesh) block of [Rae Bareli district](/source/Rae_Bareli_district), [Uttar Pradesh](/source/Uttar_Pradesh), [India](/source/India).[2] It is located 21 km from [Lalganj](/source/Lalganj,_Uttar_Pradesh), the [tehsil](/source/Tehsil) headquarters.[3] Murarmau historically served as the seat of the largest [taluqdar](/source/Taluqdar) estate in the district, held by the most senior branch of the Tilokchandi [Bais](/source/Bais_(Rajput_clan)).[4] As of 2011, it has a population of 2,999 people, in 523 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities.[2] Murarmau serves as the headquarters of a [nyaya panchayat](/source/Nyaya_panchayat) which also includes 9 other villages.[5]

Murarmau hosts the Thakur Dwara cattle fair annually on [Chaitra](/source/Chaitra) Badi 9.[6] It also hosts a regular market twice per week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays; vegetables and cloth are the main items traded.[6]

## History

The Rajas of Murarmau were the most senior branch of the Tilokchandi [Bais](/source/Bais_(Rajput_clan)), who were descended from the powerful Raja Tilok Chand.[4] He had two sons; the older one, Pirthi Chand, established himself at the ancestral fort of [Sangrampur](/source/Sangrampur,_Unnao), and the Rajas of Murarmau were among his descendants.[4] The estate was split several generations later, when either his grandson Deo Rai or his great-grandson Bhairon Das established the [Daundia Khera](/source/Daundia_Khera) line, while the elder branch ruled from Murarmau.[4]

At the time of [Aurangzeb](/source/Aurangzeb), Amar Singh of Murarmau was constantly at war with Rao Purandar Singh of Daundia Khera.[4] Amar Singh was usually defeated in these conflicts.[4] After his death, the Murarmau estate declined precipitously: his infant son Raja Debi Singh was left in the guardianship of his uncle Gopal Singh, who acquired most of the lands for himself.[4] The Rajkumar branch that Gopal Singh founded would control almost the entire estate until the mid-19th century.[4] As an adult, Debi Singh successfully petitioned the Mughal emperor for support in recovering his estate, but the [firman](/source/Firman) he obtained was essentially useless at establishing authority over his Rajkumar relatives.[4]

Drigbijai Singh, the 6th-generation descendant of Amar Singh, managed to recover several villages before the [Indian Rebellion of 1857](/source/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857), but his prosperity reached its peak afterward, when the British rewarded him for his allegiance during the conflict.[4] He had sheltered British fugitives from the [Siege of Cawnpore](/source/Siege_of_Cawnpore) at his residence in Murarmau, and in turn he was granted the confiscated Daundia Khera estate that had belonged to the rebel-aligned [Ram Bakhsh Singh](/source/Ram_Bakhsh_Singh), as well as part of the taluqa of Shankarpur.[4] However, the Murarmau dynasty fell on hard times again, and most of the estate was mortgaged to the Rana of [Khajurgaon](/source/Khajurgaon) by around 1900.[4] Only 3 villages remained under the Raja's direct control: Murarmau itself, Tiwaripur, and [Hullapur](/source/Hullapur).[4]

At the turn of the 20th century, Murarmau was described as a small village that was mostly significant for being the headquarters of the estate.[4] The raja's residence was in the dismantled fort built by Siddha Rai.[4] Its population in 1901 was 460 people, mostly [Brahmins](/source/Brahmin).[4]

The [1951 census](/source/1951_Census_of_India) recorded Murarmau (as "Murar Mau") as comprising 8 hamlets, with a total population of 1,214 people (627 male and 587 female), in 236 households and 208 physical houses.[7] The area of the village was given as 832 [acres](/source/Acre).[7] 43 residents were literate, 38 male and 5 female.[7] The village was listed as belonging to the [pargana](/source/Pargana) of [Sareni](/source/Sareni,_Uttar_Pradesh) and the [thana](/source/Thana) of Sareni.[7]

The [1961 census](/source/1961_Census_of_India) recorded Murarmau as comprising 8 hamlets, with a total population of 1,324 people (663 male and 661 female), in 248 households and 219 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 832 [acres](/source/Acre) and it had a medical practitioner and a post office at that point.[6] Average attendance of the Thakur Dwara fair was about 3,000 people, while attendance of the regular market was about 100.[6]

The [1981 census](/source/1981_Census_of_India) recorded Murarmau as having a population of 1,691 people, in 329 households, and having an area of 335.89 [hectares](/source/Hectare).[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.[3]

The [1991 census](/source/1991_Census_of_India) recorded Murarmau (as "Murar Mau") as having a total population of 2,096 people (1,096 male and 1,000 female), in 386 households and 383 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was listed as 336 hectares.[5] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 421, or 20% of the total; this group was 49% male (205) and 51% female (216).[5] Members of [scheduled castes](/source/Scheduled_castes) made up 19% of the village's population, while no members of [scheduled tribes](/source/Scheduled_tribes) were recorded.[5] The [literacy rate](/source/Literacy_rate) of the village was 30% (541 men and 96 women).[5] 551 people were classified as main workers (541 men and 10 women), while 124 people were classified as marginal workers (1 man and 123 women); the remaining 1,421 residents were non-workers.[5] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 261 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 153 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 1 worker in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 15 workers employed in other [manufacturing](/source/Manufacturing), processing, service, and repair roles; 1 [construction worker](/source/Construction_worker); 23 employed in trade and commerce; 3 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 94 in other services.[5]

## References

1. ["Geonames Search"](https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/). *Do a radial search using these coordinates here*

1. ["Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook – Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory)"](https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0927_PART_A_DCHB_RAE%20BARELI.pdf). *Census 2011 India*. pp. 262–87. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

1. [*Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli*](http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1298/1/50861_1981_RAE.pdf). 1982. pp. 138–9. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

1. Nevill, H.R. (1905). [*Rai Bareli: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXIX Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh*](https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35020). Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 69–71, 198. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

1. [*Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli*](http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1443/1/36846_1991_RAE.pdf). 1992. pp. xxiv-xxviii, 162–3. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

1. [*Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 – Raebareli District)*](http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1047/1/22852_1961_RAE.pdf). Lucknow. 1965. pp. 168–9, 174, lxviii-lxix of section "Rae Bareli Tahsil". Retrieved 13 August 2021.

1. [*Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (42 – Rae Bareli District)*](http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/933/1/23644_1951_RAE.pdf). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 114–5. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

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