Tikri, Amethi

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Tikri
Village
Map showing Tikri (#450) in Bhetua CD block
Tikri Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°12′33″N81°53′31″E / 26.209259°N 81.892049°E / 26.209259; 81.892049 [1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Faizabad division
District	Amethi
Area [2]
• Total	9.002 km2 (3.476 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	7,165
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Tikri is a village in Bhetua block of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India. ^[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 7,165 people, in 1,142 households. ^[2] It has 3 primary schools and no healthcare facilities and does not host a weekly haat or permanent market. ^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Amey Maphi. ^[3]

The 1951 census recorded Tikri as comprising 17 hamlets, with a total population of 2,700 people (1,283 male and 1,417 female), in 555 households and 536 physical houses. ^[4] The area of the village was given as 2,453 acres. ^[4] 19 residents were literate, all male. ^[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Amethi and the thana of Raipur. ^[4] The village had a district board-run primary school with 99 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951. ^[4]

The 1961 census recorded Tikri as comprising 17 hamlets, with a total population of 2,835 people (1,353 male and 1,482 female), in 588 households and 562 physical houses. ^[5] The area of the village was given as 2,453 acres and it had a post office at that point. ^[5]

The 1981 census recorded Tikri as having a population of 3,853 people, in 789 households, and having an area of 909.77 hectares. ^[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice. ^[6]

The 1991 census recorded Tikri (as "Tikree") as having a total population of 4,627 people (2,359 male and 2,268 female), in 915 households and 910 physical houses. ^[3] The area of the village was listed as 910.00 hectares. ^[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 881, or 19% of the total; this group was 56% male (495) and 44% female (386). ^[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 1,055, or 23% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded. ^[3] The literacy rate of the village was 40% (1,124 men and 382 women, counting only people age 7 and up). ^[3] 1,401 people were classified as main workers (1,176 men and 225 women), while 121 people were classified as marginal workers (5 men and 116 women); the remaining 3,105 residents were non-workers. ^[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 974 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 267 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 8 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 11 household industry workers; 7 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 2 construction workers; 31 employed in trade and commerce; 14 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 87 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. 226–42. Retrieved 25 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, 140–1. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
4. Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (49 - Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 104–5, 198. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
5. Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. xlvi–xlvii. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
6. Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 104–5. Retrieved 25 December 2021.