Mawana

Mawana is a town in Meerut district in the Uttar Pradesh state of India. In the northeast side of town is Mawana sugar works. Its name comes from the word "Muhana" means Gateway. It is supposed to be the Muhana of Hastinapur kingdom. Hastinapur is a Mahabharat period town situated nearby.

Along-time generational resident of Mawana, Jagdish Prakash Kaushik, was the first person to be honored with the title of Krishi Pandit by the Government of India for his outstanding contribution to the wheat produce.

Electricty come to the village 1964. The main occupation of this town is the farming of sugar cane.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Mawana had a population of 69,199. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Mawana has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 44%. In Mawana, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age. Mawana contains many casts, 51% muslims, 40% hindu and rest others, mawana is bazar for nearer about 50 villages, Gurjars, jats, dalit, baniya, jains, chauhan are casts which mainly found nearby.

Ganga the great river is just 10 kms. Away from here. Mela makhdumpur is famous for ganga snan,

Pakka talab is also a mahabharatkalin pond.

NH-119 joints meerut to mawana then mawana to bijnor.

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