Bhakarwara Explained

Bhakarwara should not be confused with Bakwara.

Bhakarwara
Other Name:Bhakarwāra
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Uttar Pradesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:26.1518°N 81.299°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 Km2:1.612
Population Total:876
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

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. 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.

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.[3] The area of the village was given as 410 acres.[3] 14 residents were literate, all male.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rae Bareli South and the thana of Kotwali.[3]

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.[4] The area of the village was given as 410 acres.[4]

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.[5] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[5]

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.[6] The area of the village was listed as 159 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 122, or 20% of the total; this group was 52% male (63) and 48% female (59).[6] Members of scheduled castes numbered 82, or 13% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 31% (143 men and 49 women).[6] 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.[6] 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.[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) . 219–43 . Census 2011 India. 10 August 2021.
  3. Book: Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (42 - Rae Bareli District) . 1955 . Allahabad . 140–1 . 3 November 2021.
  4. Book: Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) . 1965 . Lucknow . xlvi-xlvii of section "Rae Bareli Tahsil" . 10 August 2021.
  5. Book: Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli . 1982 . 94–5 . 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, 136–7 . 21 October 2021.