Kachnawan

Kachnawan Kachnawān
Village
Map showing Kachnawan (#326) in Dih CD block
26°07′36″N 81°22′33″E / 26.126779°N 81.375895°E / 26.126779; 81.375895[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	3.447 km2 (1.331 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	3,340
• Density	970/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Kachnawan is a village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 21 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 3,340 people, in 595 households.^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, and it does not host a permanent market or weekly haat.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Dih.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Kachnawan as comprising 9 hamlets, with a total population of 1,022 people (533 male and 489 female), in 224 households and 119 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 1,509 acres.^[5] 61 residents were literate, 59 male and 2 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Parshadepur and the thana of Nasirabad.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Kachnawan as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 1,181 people (601 male and 590 female), in 343 households and 343 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 1,509 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Kachnawan as having a population of 1,687 people, in 411 households, and having an area of 610.69 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Kachnawan as having a total population of 2,029 people (1,059 male and 970 female), in 396 households and 389 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 620 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 473, or 23% of the total; this group was 45% male (211) and 55% female (262).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 48% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 18% (315 men and 54 women).^[4] 700 people were classified as main workers (507 men and 193 women), while 111 people were classified as marginal workers (38 men and 73 women); the remaining 1,228 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 604 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 36 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; 10 household industry workers; 17 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 2 construction workers; 9 employed in trade and commerce; 3 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 17 in other services.^[4]

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