Bara, Raebareli

Bara Bāra
Village
Map showing Bara (#425) in Chhatoh CD block
26°04′20″N 81°32′57″E / 26.07223°N 81.54914°E / 26.07223; 81.54914[1]
Country India	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	5.232 km2 (2.020 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	3,578
• Density	680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	229307[2]
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Bara is a village in Chhatoh block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 13 km from Salon, the tehsil headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, Bara has a population of 3,578 people, in 708 households.^[2] It has two primary schools and no healthcare facilities.^[2] It is the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 9 other villages.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Bara as comprising 15 hamlets, with a total population of 1,576 people (780 male and 796 female), in 344 households and 316 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 1,722 acres.^[5] 67 residents were literate, 55 male and 12 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Parshadepur and the thana of Salon.^[5] Bara at that point had a primary school with 85 students.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Bara as comprising 13 hamlets, with a total population of 1,649 people (818 male and 831 female), in 348 households and 328 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 1,722 acres and it had a medical practitioner and electrical access at that point.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Bara as having a population of 2,302 people, in 507 households, and having an area of 627.26 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Bara as having a total population of 2,880 people (1,494 male and 1,386 female), in 555 households and 555 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 700 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 576, or 20.0% of the total; this group was 51% male (291) and 49% female (285).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 30.0% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 30% (671 men and 206 women).^[4] 969 people were classified as main workers (782 men and 187 women), while 14 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 1,897 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 496 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 390 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; 27 household industry workers; 2 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 4 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 50 in other services.^[4]

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