Dhanauli has also been known as Dhanoli. This had been a small village for a major part of the 20th century. This small village used to revolve around a powerful family of Rawats and Paliwals. These families controlled most of the land and the revenue coming out of it and shared it with the Mughal kingdom of Agra. Paliwals migrated to Dhanauli sometime during 16th-17th century from Rajasthan. They created a small settlement and over a period of time became very rich and powerful. The main occupation of Paliwals was farming and money-lending. Till the late 1980s the village was fairly small. However, a caste related violence in 1991 between Jats and Jatavs, forced the Jatavs of the hinterland to move out and settle in Dhanauli which is fairly close to the Agra city.
About Dhanauli
Before Independence Pt. ChedaLal Rawat was the mukhiya of the village and the British Government declared him the Zamindar of Dhanauli. After Independence Ganpati Swaroop Rawat was the first elected Pradhan of the village and afterwards the leading lawyer of Agra Brajendra Singh Rawat was elected as the Head of the village. From last few years people from Schedule Cast are being elected as the head of the village. Dhanauli is divided in 15 blocks like Nagla Hanuman, Nanda ka nangla, Rawat Chowk, Nagla Lekhraj etc. Lands has been acquired by the U.P. Government in Dhanauli for Civil Terminal or domestic air port at Agra. Major proportion of land has been acquired from the family of Brajendra Singh Rawat.
Demographics
According to 2011 Indian Census, Dhanauli had a total population of 28,990, of which 15,553 were males and 13,437 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 4,820. The total number of literates in Dhanauli was 15,486, which constituted 53.4% of the population with male literacy of 62.5% and female literacy of 43.0%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Dhanauli was 64.1%, of which male literacy rate was 75.0% and female literacy rate was 51.5%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 17,145 and 41 respectively. Dhanauli had 4630 households in 2011. Indiacensus, Dhanauli had a population of 23,475. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dhanauli has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79% and, female literacy is 55%. In Dhanauli, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.
