Gairikpur

Gairikpur is a village in Bhetua block of Amethi district in Uttar Pradesh, India.[3] As of 2011, its population is 1,754 people, in 275 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and does not host a permanent market or weekly haat.[2] It serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat that also includes 15 other villages.[4]

Gairikpur
Village
Map showing Gairikpur (#469) in Bhetua CD block
Map showing Gairikpur (#469) in Bhetua CD block
Gairikpur is located in Uttar Pradesh
Gairikpur
Gairikpur
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26.189546°N 81.968719°E / 26.189546; 81.968719[1]
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DivisionFaizabad division
DistrictAmethi
Area
  Total2.724 km2 (1.052 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total1,754
  Density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Languages
  OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Administration

Infrastructure

The village has three temples:

  • Shri Rishiveer Baba Devsthan
  • Shri Kotebeer Baba Devsthan
  • Shri Neem Bhawani Maata Devsthan

It has four schools:

  • Primary Pathshala Gairikpur
  • Swami Dashrath Maharaj Girl Inter College Gairikpur
  • Junior high school balchandrapur

Demographics

As of 2011, Gairikpur has a population of 1,754 people, in 275 households.[2] The main occupations in the village are agriculture and fisheries.

The 1951 census recorded Gairikpur as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 652 people (328 male and 324 female), in 130 households and 127 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 691 acres.[5] 16 residents were literate, 15 male and 1 female.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Asal and the thana of Piparpur.[5]

The 1961 census recorded Gairikpur as comprising 9 hamlets, with a total population of 754 people (363 male and 391 female), in 150 households and 144 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 692 acres.[6]

The 1981 census recorded Gairikpur as having a population of 1,020 people, in 185 households, and having an area of 270.34 hectares.[7] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[7]

The 1991 census recorded Gairikpur (as "Gairik Pur") as having a total population of 1,272 people (617 male and 655 female), in 201 households and 200 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 271.00 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 268, or 21% of the total; this group was 50% male (135) and 50% female (133).[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 438, or 34% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 43% (345 men and 89 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[4] 296 people were classified as main workers (277 men and 19 women), while 3 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 973 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 189 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 47 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 2 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 2 household industry workers; 3 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 4 construction workers; 2 employed in trade and commerce; 1 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 46 in other services.[4]

References

  1. "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
  2. "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Sultanpur, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census 2011 India. pp. 226–42. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. Integrated Management Information System (IMIS)
  4. Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli (PDF). 1992. pp. xxiv–xxviii, 143–4. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (49 - Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 96–7. Retrieved 17 December 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. l–li. Retrieved 17 December 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 108–9. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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