Kurha | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 26.2025°N 81.6091°W[1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country India |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Raebareli |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 5.558 |
Population Total: | 3412 |
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 |
Kurha is a village in Chhatoh block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 12 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters. As of 2011, Kurha has a population of 3,412 people, in 565 households.[2] It has 3 primary schools and 1 healthcare facility.[2] The village belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Hajipur.
The 1951 census recorded Kurha as comprising 15 hamlets, with a population of 1,141 people (595 male and 546 female), in 494 households and 448 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 1,294 acres.[3] 26 residents were literate, 25 male and 1 female.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rokha and the thana of Nasirabad.[3]
The 1961 census recorded Kurha as comprising 14 hamlets, with a total population of 1,428 people (723 male and 705 female), in 287 households and 282 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 1,294 acres and it had a post office at that point.[4]
The 1981 census recorded Kurha as having a population of 1,601 people, in 410 households, and having an area of 523.26 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[5]
The 1991 census recorded Kurha as having a total population of 2,070 people (1,063 male and 1,007 female), in 400 households and 399 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 528 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 367, or 17.7% of the total; this group was 53% male (194) and 47% female (173).[6] Members of scheduled castes made up 32.7% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 26% (423 men and 116 women).[6] 890 people were classified as main workers (598 men and 292 woman), while 2 people were classified as marginal workers (both women); the remaining 1,178 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 601 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 237 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; 5 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 5 construction workers; 21 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 20 in other services.[6]