Mohan (town)

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?Mohan Uttar Pradesh • India
Mohan
Coordinates: 26°47′N 80°41′E / 26.78, 80.68
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 128 m (420 ft)
District(s)	Unnao
Population	13,553 (2001)

Coordinates: 26°47′N 80°41′E / 26.78, 80.68 Mohan is a town and a nagar panchayat in Unnao district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 History
4 References

[edit] Geography

Mohan is located at 26.78° N 80.68° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 128 metres (419 feet).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[2], Mohan had a population of 13,553. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Mohan has an average literacy rate of 46%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 51%, and female literacy is 40%. In Mohan, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] History

Mohan is an ancient town located at the bank of Sai river. Some local residents say that Mohan is derived from "Moh" meaning devotional love in Hindi and "han" meaning loss. Story goes that when Lord Rama was going to "Banvas" (self imposed exile) for fourteen years, Mohan is the place where he separated from his wife Sita thinking that he may suffer "han" in "Moh" due to the worldly love hence continued forward with his journey. During Mughal and British empires, Mohan flourished as a town known for its literate people. Locals affectionately used to call it as "Mohan Khittae Unan" meaning Mohan as a part of Greece, due to a number of well known "Hakims" {doctors of Unani medicine}. Hasrat Mohani, a well known Urdu poet and freedom fighter of Indian independence from British rule, and Iffat Mohani, a well known Urdu novel writer, trace their origins from Moahn. Currently Mohan has several elementary schools and an intermediate school up to grade 12. It is approximately 25 Kilometers from city of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.