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Goera.
Village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Goera 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 619 people, in 142 households.[2] It has no schools 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 Goera (as "Goira") as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 267 people (134 male and 133 female), in 58 households and 53 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 401 acres.[5] 13 residents were literate, all male.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Parshadepur and the thana of Salon.[5]
The 1961 census recorded Goera (as "Goira") as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 289 people (141 male and 148 female), in 61 households and 60 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 401 acres.[6]
The 1981 census recorded Goera as having a population of 324 people, in 96 households, and having an area of 157.83 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and barley.[3]
The 1991 census recorded Goera as having a total population of 505 people (250 male and 255 female), in 104 households and 104 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 158 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 116, or 23% of the total; this group was 51% male (49) and 55% female (57).[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 42% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 18% (71 men and 18 women).[4] 141 people were classified as main workers (135 men and 6 women), while 37 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 304 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 114 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 22 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; 0 household industry workers; 0 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 0 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 5 in other services.[4]
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