| Gaimau | |
| Other Name: | Gāimau |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.428°N 81.6693°W[1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Faizabad division |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sultanpur |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.556 |
| Population Total: | 1617 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, Urdu |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Gaimau is a village in Jagdishpur block of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 50 km from Sultanpur, the district headquarters. As of 2011, it has a population of 1,617 people, in 255 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and does not host a permanent market or weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Harimau.[2]
The 1951 census recorded Gaimau (as "Gai Mau") as comprising 6 hamlets, with a total population of 571 people (284 male and 287 female), in 124 households and 123 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 662 acres.[3] 28 residents were literate, all male.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Jagdishpur and the thana of Jagdishpur.[3]
The 1961 census recorded Gaimau as comprising 6 hamlets, with a total population of 694 people (301 male and 393 female), in 141 households and 135 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 661 acres.[4] Gaimau was part of Jamo block then.[4]
The 1981 census recorded Gaimau as having a population of 838 people, in 152 households, and having an area of 267.51 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[5]
The 1991 census recorded Gaimau as having a total population of 1,051 people (556 male and 495 female), in 172 households and 171 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 267.51 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 208, or 20% of the total; this group was 51% male (106) and 49% female (102).[6] Members of scheduled castes numbered 78, or 7% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 16% (125 men and 13 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[6] 291 people were classified as main workers (274 men and 17 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 760 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 171 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 115 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.[6]