Baraulia

Coordinates: 26°17′12″N 81°36′48″E / 26.286675°N 81.613381°E / 26.286675; 81.613381
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Baraulia
Barauliya
Village
Map showing Baraulia (#088) in Jamo CD block
Map showing Baraulia (#088) in Jamo CD block
Baraulia is located in Uttar Pradesh
Baraulia
Baraulia
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°17′12″N 81°36′48″E / 26.286675°N 81.613381°E / 26.286675; 81.613381[1]
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DivisionFaizabad division
DistrictAmethi
Area
 • Total6.112 km2 (2.360 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total3,878
 • Density630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Baraulia is a village in Jamo block of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 3,878 people, in 691 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and it hosts both a regular market and a weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Hardo.[3]

History[edit]

Baraulia was historically the seat of a taluqdari estate that was established as a cadet branch of the Jamo estate in the sixth generation.[4] At the turn of the 20th century, the Baraulia taluqdar held 13 villages in the pargana of Gaura Jamun, making him one of the primary landowners in the pargana.[4]

The 1951 census recorded Baraulia as comprising 10 hamlets, with a total population of 1,703 people (902 male and 801 female), in 377 households and 349 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 1,481 acres.[5] 45 residents were literate, 42 male and 3 female.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Gaura Jamo and the thana of Gauriganj.[5]

The 1961 census recorded Baraulia as comprising 10 hamlets, with a total population of 1,957 people (990 male and 967 female), in 423 households and 391 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 1,481 acres.[6]

The 1981 census recorded Baraulia as having a population of 2,481 people, in 570 households, and having an area of 599.36 hectares.[7] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[7]

The 1991 census recorded Baraulia (as "Barauliya") as having a total population of 2,622 people (1,390 male and 1,232 female), in 633 households and 625 physical houses.[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 458, or 17% of the total; this group was 54% male (246) and 46% female (212).[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 852, or 32.5% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[3] The literacy rate of the village was 20% (382 men and 55 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[3] 917 people were classified as main workers (776 men and 141 women), while 206 people were classified as marginal workers (2 men and 204 women); the remaining 1,499 residents were non-workers.[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 726 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 172 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 0 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 1 household industry worker; 1 worker employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 1 employed in trade and commerce; 1 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 15 in other services.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Sultanpur, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census 2011 India. pp. 147–63. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli (PDF). 1992. pp. xxiv–xxviii, 90–1. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b Nevill, H.R. (1903). Sultanpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XLVI Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 99, 177. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (49 - Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 126–7. Retrieved 17 December 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. xviii–xix. Retrieved 17 December 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ a b Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 46–7. Retrieved 17 December 2021.