MAU

Mau

Mau, formerly Mau Nath Bhanjan, is an industrial town in Uttar Pradesh, India. Located nearly 120 km from Varanasi on the banks of Ghaghra, it is a major centre of the textile weavers. It is divided into 4 tehsils, 9 blocks, 596 gram panchayats and 1644 villages. The Tamasa river flows through the city. In 1960s it was the biggest supplier of a plant called plash. The city is the headquarters of the Mau district.

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