Village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Dakhinwara is a village in Jamo block of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 3,840 people, in 613 households.[2] It has two primary schools and one maternity and child welfare centre and it hosts a weekly haat but not a periodic market.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Jamo.[3]
The 1951 census recorded Dakhinwara (as "Dakhin Wara") as comprising 16 hamlets, with a total population of 1,309 people (664 male and 645 female), in 270 households and 265 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 966 acres.[4] 67 residents were literate, 64 male and 3 female.[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Gaura Jamo and the thana of Jagdishpur.[4] The village had a district board-run primary school with 111 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951.[4]
The 1961 census recorded Dakhinwara as comprising 19 hamlets, with a total population of 914 people (448 male and 466 female), in 298 households and 277 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 966 acres.[5]
The 1981 census recorded Dakhinwara as having a population of 2,002 people, in 409 households, and having an area of 390.94 hectares.[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[6]
The 1991 census recorded Dakhinwara as having a total population of 2,610 people (1,290 male and 1,320 female), in 464 households and 454 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was listed as 380.00 hectares.[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 573, or 22% of the total; this group was 52% male (297) and 48% female (276).[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 961, or 37% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[3] The literacy rate of the village was 37% (555 men and 203 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[3] 736 people were classified as main workers (663 men and 73 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 1,874 residents were non-workers.[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 393 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 293 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 6 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 1 household industry worker; 6 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 10 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 27 in other services.[3]
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