Garwa | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 26.1572°N 81.3773°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: | 1.50 |
Population Total: | 1485 |
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 |
Garwa is a village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 18 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters. As of 2011, it has a population of 1,485 people, in 294 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 Tekari Dandu.
The 1951 census recorded Garwa (as "Gadwa") as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 483 people (246 male and 237 female), in 101 households and 85 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 361 acres.[3] 10 residents were literate, all male.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Parshadepur and the thana of Nasirabad.[3]
The 1961 census recorded Garwa (as "Gadawa") as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 547 people (274 male and 273 female), in 119 households and 92 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 361 acres.[4]
The 1981 census recorded Garwa (as "Garhwa") as having a population of 653 people, in 164 households, and having an area of 146.10 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[5]
The 1991 census recorded Garwa as having a total population of 904 people (474 male and 430 female), in 175 households and 175 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 149 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 236, or 22% of the total; this group was 56% male (109) and 44% female (87).[6] Members of scheduled castes made up 60% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 18% (149 men and 18 women).[6] 285 people were classified as main workers (244 men and 41 women), while 50 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 569 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 169 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 80 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; 1 household industry worker; 20 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 5 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 9 in other services.[6]