Unnao district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.
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Unnao district was created by the British upon their annexation of Oudh State in February 1856.
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Muslim rule was never very strong here, and so the medieval history of Unnao district is essentially a collection of separate family traditions of the ruling Rajput clans, with no specific dates given.
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Under the Nawabi administrative setup, the area covered by today's Unnao district was divided between several districts or : Purwa, Rasulabad, and Safipur were based here, while Sandila and Baiswara were based outside of the present district but included some of its territory.
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At first, the new Unnao district was smaller than it is today, with only 13 parganas.
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The size of the Unnao district was however small until 1869, when it assumed its present form.
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Unnao district is divided into 5 tehsils: Unnao, Hasanganj, Safipur, Purwa, and Bighapur.
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The district had 6 Vidhan Sabha seats, namely Unnao, Purwa, Bhagwantnagar, Mohan, Safipur and Bangarmau.
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Unnao district has 3 census towns, which are not full municipalities but are otherwise counted as urban areas:.
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The Unnao district has a population density of 682 inhabitants per square kilometre, which is lower than Uttar Pradesh as a whole.
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