Barkhurdarpur

Barkhurdarpur Barkhurdārpur
Village
Map showing Barkhurdarpur(#377) in Chhatoh CD block
26°13′50″N 81°32′24″E / 26.230508°N 81.539953°E / 26.230508; 81.539953[1]
Country India	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	1.771 km2 (0.684 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,642
• Density	930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	229307[2]
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Barkhurdarpur is a village in Chhatoh block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 12 km from Jais, the nearest town.^[3] As of 2011, Barkhurdarpur has a population of 1,642 people, in 299 households.^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Ashrafpur.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Barkhurdarpur as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 668 people (317 male and 351 female), in 159 households and 154 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 442 acres.^[5] 21 residents were literate, all male.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rokha and the thana of Nasirabad.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Barkhurdarpur as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 733 people (347 male and 386 female), in 155 households and 149 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 442 acres and it had a post office at that point.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Barkhurdarpur as having a population of 1,043 people, in 300 households, and having an area of 178.87 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Barkhurdarpur as having a total population of 1,428 people (747 male and 681 female), in 230 households and 230 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 179 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 273, or 19.1% of the total; this group was 53% male (145) and 47% female (128).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 12.5% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 19% (256 men and 27 women).^[4] 603 people were classified as main workers (434 men and 169 women), while 5 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 820 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 531 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 4 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 2 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 2 household industry workers; 25 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 11 employed in trade and commerce; 6 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 22 in other services.^[4]

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