Baraulia

Baraulia was historically the seat of a taluqdari estate that was established as a cadet branch of the Jamo estate in the sixth generation.[4] At the turn of the 20th century, the Baraulia taluqdar held 13 villages in the pargana of Gaura Jamun, making him one of the primary landowners in the pargana.[4]

The 1951 census recorded Baraulia as comprising 10 hamlets, with a total population of 1,703 people (902 male and 801 female), in 377 households and 349 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 1,481 acres.[5] 45 residents were literate, 42 male and 3 female.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Gaura Jamo and the thana of Gauriganj.[5]

The 1961 census recorded Baraulia as comprising 10 hamlets, with a total population of 1,957 people (990 male and 967 female), in 423 households and 391 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 1,481 acres.[6]

The 1981 census recorded Baraulia as having a population of 2,481 people, in 570 households, and having an area of 599.36 hectares.[7] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[7]

The 1991 census recorded Baraulia (as "Barauliya") as having a total population of 2,622 people (1,390 male and 1,232 female), in 633 households and 625 physical houses.[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 458, or 17% of the total; this group was 54% male (246) and 46% female (212).[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 852, or 32.5% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[3] The literacy rate of the village was 20% (382 men and 55 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[3] 917 people were classified as main workers (776 men and 141 women), while 206 people were classified as marginal workers (2 men and 204 women); the remaining 1,499 residents were non-workers.[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 726 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); 0 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 1 household industry worker; 1 worker employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 1 employed in trade and commerce; 1 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 15 in other services.[3]