Magrair

Magrair is a village in South-Eastern Unnao at a distance of 8 km from Bighapur. The village has more than 2,000 inhabitants and is native place of famous Hindi Critic Aacharya Nand Dulare Bajpai, who also served as Vice Chancellor of Vikram University, Ujjain for a brief period. Notably the village is also a native to premier Indian stand up comedian Raju Srivastava where his father Balai Kaka used to live before he shifted to Kanpur.

In the outskirts of the village there is a famous Kalika Devi Mandir, Deeheshwar Mahadev Mandir and Lakshyeshwar Mahadev Mandir. Close to Lakshyeshwar Mahadev Mandir, There is a pond named as Shivdeen Taal which was built by Late Shri Baladin Tiwari. This village played significant role in pre-independence era as a market area for near-by places but has lost much of its significance with development of nearby areas of Bighapur and Purwa while this has somewhat remained as it was.