Village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Bhakarwara is a village in Rahi block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 12 km from Rae Bareli, the district headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 876 people, in 168 households.[2] It has no schools, medical facilities nor hosts a weekly haat or a permanent market.[2] The village belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Bhadokhar.[4]
The 1951 census recorded Bhakarwara as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 286 people (144 male and 142 female), in 61 households and 59 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 410 acres.[5] 14 residents were literate, all male.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rae Bareli South and the thana of Kotwali.[5]
The 1961 census recorded Bhakarwara as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 292 people (160 male and 132 female), in 60 households and 57 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 410 acres.[6]
The 1981 census recorded Bhakarwara (as "Bhakharwara") as having a population of 462 people, in 107 households, and having an area of 161.07 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[3]
The 1991 census recorded Bhakarwara (as "Bhartarwara") as having a total population of 612 people (305 male and 307 female), in 110 households and 110 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 159 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 122, or 20% of the total; this group was 52% male (63) and 48% female (59).[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 82, or 13% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 31% (143 men and 49 women).[4] 168 people were classified as main workers (163 men and 5 women), while 1 person was classified as a marginal worker (a woman); the remaining 443 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 120 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 30 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 0 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 3 household industry workers; 3 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 1 construction worker; 0 employed in trade and commerce; 1 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 10 in other services.[4]
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