| Ahal | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.1109°N 81.4099°W[1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Raebareli |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.591 |
| Population Total: | 1854 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Registration Plate: | UP-35 |
Ahal is a village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 25 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters. As of 2011, it has a population of 1,854 people, in 355 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, and it does not host a permanent market or weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the Nyaya panchayat of Dih.
The 1951 census recorded Ahal as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 608 people (309 male and 299 female), in 131 households and 120 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 506 acres.[3] 23 residents were literate, all male.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Parshadepur and the thana of Salon.[3]
The 1961 census recorded Ahal as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 727 people (353 male and 374 female), in 150 households and 135 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 506 acres.[4]
The 1981 census recorded Ahal as having a population of 893 people, in 219 households, and having an area of 204.78 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[5]
The 1991 census recorded Ahal as having a total population of 1,142 people (597 male and 545 female), in 215 households and 212 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 212 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 234, or 20% of the total; this group was 45% male (114) and 55% female (120).[6] Members of scheduled castes made up 56% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 20% (207 men and 27 women).[6] 365 people were classified as main workers (327 men and 38 women), while 238 people were classified as marginal workers (15 men and 223 women); the remaining 539 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 281 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 61 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; 10 household industry workers; 10 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 2 construction workers; 1 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 9 in other services.[6]