Bakuliha Explained

Bakuliha
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Uttar Pradesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:26.2343°N 80.8582°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 Km2:4.996
Population Total:4244
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

Bakuliha is a village in Khiron block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 16 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters. As of 2011, it has a population of 4,244 people, in 768 households.[2] It has 4 primary schools and no healthcare facilities and it does not host a weekly haat or a permanent market.[2] It serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 7 other villages.

The 1951 census recorded Bakuliha as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 1,241 people (654 male and 587 female), in 43 households and 41 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 103 acres.[3] 115 residents were literate, 109 male and 6 female.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Khiron and the thana of Dalmau.[3]

The 1961 census recorded Bakuliha as comprising 6 hamlets, with a total population of 1,574 people (809 male and 765 female), in 265 households and 246 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 1,226 acres.[4]

The 1981 census recorded Bakuliha as having a population of 2,126 people, in 399 households, and having an area of 506.76 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.[5]

The 1991 census recorded Bakuliha as having a total population of 2,670 people (1,425 male and 1,245 female), in 495 households and 480 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 500 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 434, or 16% of the total; this group was 53% male (228) and 47% female (206).[6] Members of scheduled castes numbered 628, or 23.5% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 43% (831 men and 321 women).[6] 667 people were classified as main workers (645 men and 22 women), while 52 people were classified as marginal workers (17 men and 35 women); the remaining 1,951 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 377 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 50 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 1 worker in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 22 household industry workers; 56 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 10 construction workers; 44 employed in trade and commerce; 13 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 94 in other services.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geonames Search. Do a radial search using these coordinates here .
  2. Web site: Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory) . 244–61 . Census 2011 India. 10 August 2021.
  3. Book: Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (42 - Rae Bareli District) . 1955 . Allahabad . 104–5 . 22 October 2021.
  4. Book: Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) . 1965 . Lucknow . lxviii-lxix of section "Dalmau Tahsil" . 10 August 2021.
  5. Book: Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli . 1982 . 132–3 . 10 August 2021.
  6. Book: Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli . 1992 . xxiv-xxviii, 154–5 . 22 October 2021.