Dakhinwara, Amethi

Dakhinwara Dakhinwāra
Village
Map showing Dakhinwara (#034) in Jamo CD block
Dakhinwara Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°23′03″N81°34′47″E / 26.384175°N 81.579738°E / 26.384175; 81.579738 [1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Faizabad division
District	Amethi
Area [2]
• Total	3.804 km2 (1.469 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	3,840
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Dakhinwara is a village in Jamo block of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India. ^[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 3,840 people, in 613 households. ^[2] It has two primary schools and one maternity and child welfare centre and it hosts a weekly haat but not a periodic market. ^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Jamo. ^[3]

The 1951 census recorded Dakhinwara (as "Dakhin Wara") as comprising 16 hamlets, with a total population of 1,309 people (664 male and 645 female), in 270 households and 265 physical houses. ^[4] The area of the village was given as 966 acres. ^[4] 67 residents were literate, 64 male and 3 female. ^[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Gaura Jamo and the thana of Jagdishpur. ^[4] The village had a district board-run primary school with 111 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951. ^[4]

The 1961 census recorded Dakhinwara as comprising 19 hamlets, with a total population of 914 people (448 male and 466 female), in 298 households and 277 physical houses. ^[5] The area of the village was given as 966 acres. ^[5]

The 1981 census recorded Dakhinwara as having a population of 2,002 people, in 409 households, and having an area of 390.94 hectares. ^[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice. ^[6]

The 1991 census recorded Dakhinwara as having a total population of 2,610 people (1,290 male and 1,320 female), in 464 households and 454 physical houses. ^[3] The area of the village was listed as 380.00 hectares. ^[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 573, or 22% of the total; this group was 52% male (297) and 48% female (276). ^[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 961, or 37% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded. ^[3] The literacy rate of the village was 37% (555 men and 203 women, counting only people age 7 and up). ^[3] 736 people were classified as main workers (663 men and 73 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 1,874 residents were non-workers. ^[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 393 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 293 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 6 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 1 household industry worker; 6 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 10 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 27 in other services. ^[3]

References

1. "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
2. "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. Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli (PDF). 1992. pp. xxiv–xxviii, 82–3. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
4. Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (49 - Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 130–1, 199. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
5. Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. xvi–xvii. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
6. Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 44–5. Retrieved 17 December 2021.