Atawan

Atawan Atāwān
Village
Map showing Atawan (#352) in Dih CD block
26°06′54″N 81°29′26″E / 26.114872°N 81.490544°E / 26.114872; 81.490544[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	2.858 km2 (1.103 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	2,108
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Atawan is a village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 32 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 2,108 people, in 346 households.^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, and it does not host a permanent market or a weekly haat.^[2] It is the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat, which also includes 9 other villages.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Atawan as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 793 people (419 male and 374 female), in 163 households, and 159 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 886 acres.^[5] 22 residents were literate, all male.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Parshadepur and the thana of Nasirabad.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Atawan as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 670 people (368 male and 302 female), in 158 households, and 143 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 886 acres and it had electricity at that point.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Atawan as having a population of 1,282 people, in 273 households, and having an area of 358.56 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Atawan as having a total population of 1,456 people (739 male and 717 female), in 372 households and 372 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 367 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 311, or 21% of the total; this group was 49% male (151) and 51% female (160).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 37% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 27% (287 men and 108 women).^[4] 402 people were classified as main workers (395 men and 7 women), while 187 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 767 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 328 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 51 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; 0 household industry workers; 3 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 1 construction worker; 2 employed in trade and commerce; 5 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 12 in other services.^[4]

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