Gaura, Jamo

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Gaura
Village
Map showing Gaura (#052) in Jamo CD block
Gaura Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°24′03″N81°40′33″E / 26.400771°N 81.675882°E / 26.400771; 81.675882 [1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Faizabad division
District	Amethi
Area [2]
• Total	4.887 km2 (1.887 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	4,349
• Density	890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Gaura is a village in Jamo block of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India. ^[2] The namesake of the historical pargana of Gaura Jamun, Gaura consists of a main site called Gaura khas in the northeast surrounded by several smaller hamlets. ^[3] The village lands are fertile and contain many orchard groves. ^[3] In the east-central part there is a large jhil which provides a convenient source of irrigation but also sometimes overflows and floods the surrounding fields. ^[3] Gaura is located just north of Jamo on the Gauriganj-Jagdishpur road, and another road also leads off to Musafirkhana. ^[3]

As of 2011, Gaura has a population of 4,349 people, in 700 households. ^[2] It has 3 primary schools and a family welfare centre and it does not host a regular market or weekly haat. ^[2] It serves as the seat of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 6 other villages. ^[4]

History

At the turn of the 20th century, Gaura was described as a fairly large but otherwise rather insignificant village that belonged to the taluqdari estate of Katari. ^[3] It had a primary school, and an area of high nazul land indicated that there also used to be a fort here. ^[3] As of 1901, Gaura's population was 1,448 people, of which the majority were Ahirs and also including a Muslim minority of 131. ^[3]

The 1951 census recorded Gaura as comprising 17 hamlets, with a total population of 1,731 people (824 male and 907 female), in 368 households and 366 physical houses. ^[5] The area of the village was given as 1,282 acres. ^[5] 146 residents were literate, 126 male and 20 female. ^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Gaura Jamo and the thana of Jagdishpur. ^[5] The village had a district board-run primary school with 177 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951. ^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Gaura as comprising 22 hamlets, with a total population of 1,770 people (889 male and 881 female), in 381 households and 356 physical houses. ^[6] The area of the village was given as 1,282 acres and it had a post office at that point. ^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Gaura as having a population of 2,557 people, in 465 households, and having an area of 518.83 hectares. ^[7] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice. ^[7]

The 1991 census recorded Gaura as having a total population of 2,795 people (1,435 male and 1,360 female), in 523 households and 515 physical houses. ^[4] The area of the village was listed as 490.00 hectares. ^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 556, or 20% of the total; this group was 53% male (294) and 47% female (262). ^[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 430, or 15% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded. ^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 32% (579 men and 148 women, counting only people age 7 and up). ^[4] 837 people were classified as main workers (687 men and 150 women), while 145 people were classified as marginal workers (5 men and 140 women); the remaining 1,813 residents were non-workers. ^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 392 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 256 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 12 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 45 household industry workers; 4 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 77 employed in trade and commerce; 8 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 43 in other services. ^[4]

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. 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. 176–7. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
4. Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli (PDF). 1992. pp. xxiv–xxviii, 84–5. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
5. Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (49 - Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 128–9, 199. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
6. Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. xvi–xvii. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
7. Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 42–3. Retrieved 17 December 2021.