Auraiya Town
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Auraiya Town
Head-quarters of the tahsil of the same name in Etawah District, United Provinces, situated in 2 6° 28' N. and 79 31/ E., 42 miles from Etawah town. It lies on the old imperial road from Agra to Allahabad, at the point where this is crossed by the metalled road from Jalaun to Debiapur-Phaphund station on the East Indian Railway. Population (1901), 7,393. The town is said to have been founded early in the sixteenth century, and contains some Hindu temples dating from a little later, and two mosques built by a Rohilla governor in the eighteenth century. It also possesses some good sarais, a fine market-place called Humeganj, after a former Collector, and a dispensary. It is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 2,500. Trade is increasing, especially with Gwalior and Jalaun, and the bazar has recently been extended towards the south. There is one cotton gin, employing 200 hands in 1903, and a second was completed at the end of that year. The town school has about 200 pupils, and an aided primary school 25.
