| Gonda | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.0745°N 80.7993°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: | 1.171 |
| Population Total: | 723 |
| 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 |
Gonda is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 22 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters. As of 2011, it has a population of 403 people, in 88 households.[2] It has no schools or healthcare facilities, and does not host a weekly haat or a permanent market.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Raipur.
The 1951 census recorded Gonda as comprising 1 hamlet, with a population of 282 people (139 male and 143 female), in 56 households and 47 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 285 acres.[3] 17 residents were literate, 15 male and 2 female.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.[3]
The 1961 census recorded Gonda as comprising 2 hamlets, with a population of 307 people (143 male and 164 female), in 59 households and 51 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 285 acres.[4]
The 1981 census recorded Gonda as having a population of 464 people, in 85 households, and having an area of 123.82 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.[5]
The 1991 census recorded Gonda as having a total population of 538 people (278 male and 260 female), in 90 households and 90 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 117 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 104, or 19% of the total; this group was 59% male (61) and 41% female (43).[6] Members of scheduled castes made up 40% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 41% (147 men and 73 women).[6] 151 people were classified as main workers (121 men and 30 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 377 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 70 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 63 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; 1 worker employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 2 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 15 in other services.[6]