Mahewa | |
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Village | |
  Mahewa  Mahewa | |
| Coordinates: 26°37′17″N 79°13′48″E / 26.621373°N 79.2301369°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Etawah |
| Block | Mahewa |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,549 |
| • Density | 684/km2 (1,770/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 206128 |
| Telephone code | 05680 |
Mahewa is a village in Etawah district, in the Uttar Pradesh State, this was the first block of Independent India in 1950 with the name of Agrami Vikas Yojana by General lord Mayor, and a pea processing plant was established here with the help of the USA government. This village also played a significant role in the time of the freedom struggle, when Mahewa came to the Lakhana Estate.[1] After the Independence the Pilot workshop manufactured or supplied agricultural equipment in all over India and SAARC Nations.
There is a big pond of lotus in the middle of the village called mahapatra of British time is in front of a mango garden. Due to that pond and the beauty of lotus, the district collector of Etawah came to this village during British time and there was a very famous cave (GUFA) in village Bhawanipur in ancient time.
There is very old temple of Ram Janki, that was made by the landlord of Mahewa, Pt Guru Narayan Chaube in 1912 before the independence of India.