Village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Chak Rar is a village in Rahi block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 11 km from Rae Bareli, the district headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,005 people, in 182 households.[2] It has one primary school and no medical facilities. The village hosts a weekly haat but not a permanent market.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Lodhwari.[4]
The 1951 census recorded Chak Rar as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 372 people (199 male and 173 female), in 85 households and 79 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 368 acres.[5] 13 residents were literate, all male.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rae Bareli South and the thana of Nasirabad.[5]
The 1961 census recorded Chak Rar as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 388 people (191 male and 197 female), in 93 households and 88 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 368 acres.[6]
The 1981 census recorded Chak Rar (as "Chakrar", one word) as having a population of 577 people, in 103 households, and having an area of 148.93 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[3]
The 1991 census recorded Chak Rar as having a total population of 705 people (372 male and 333 female), in 122 households and 122 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 150 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 159, or 22.5% of the total; this group was 54% male (86) and 46% female (73).[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 121, or 17% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 24.5% (146 men and 27 women).[4] 192 people were classified as main workers (188 men and 4 women), while 136 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 377 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 107 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 57 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 3 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 1 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 4 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 6 construction workers; 2 employed in trade and commerce; 4 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 8 in other services.[4]
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