| Paraiya Namaksar | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.1733°N 81.5744°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: | 5.294 |
| Population Total: | 4506 |
| 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 |
Paraiya Namaksar is a village in Chhatoh block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 14 km from Jais, the nearest large town. As of 2011, Paraiya Namaksar has a population of 4,506 people, in 820 households.[2] It has four primary schools and one primary health sub centre.[2] It hosts a market twice per week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Grain, vegetables, and cloth are the main items traded. Paraiya Namaksar is also the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat which also covers 8 other villages.
The 1951 census recorded Paraiya Namaksar (as "Poraiya Namaksar") as comprising 9 hamlets, with a total population of 1,732 people (857 male and 875 female), in 485 households and 417 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 1,378 acres.[3] 103 residents were literate, 101 male and 2 female.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rokha and the thana of Nasirabad.[3] As of 1951, Paraiya Namaksar had a primary school with 109 students.[3]
The 1961 census recorded Paraiya Namaksar as comprising 11 hamlets, with a total population of 1,904 people (950 male and 954 female), in 437 households and 357 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 2,101 acres and it had a post office at that point.[4] Average attendance of the twice-weekly market was about 500 people.[4]
The 1981 census recorded Paraiya Namaksar (as "Paraiya Namaksare") as having a population of 2,627 people, in 714 households, and having an area of 557.65 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[5]
The 1991 census recorded Paraiya Namaksar as having a total population of 3,133 people (1,579 male and 1,554 female), in 612 households and 609 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 524 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 634, or 20.2% of the total; this group was 50% male (318) and 50% female (316).[6] Members of scheduled castes made up 33.6% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 26% (673 men and 152 women).[6] 839 people were classified as main workers (800 men and 39 women), while 473 people were classified as marginal workers (4 men and 469 women); the remaining 1,821 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 581 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 172 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 1 worker in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 3 household industry workers; 12 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 10 employed in trade and commerce; 4 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 56 in other services.[6]