Hamirgaon

Hamirgaon Hamirgāon
Village
Map showing Hamirgaon (#732) in Sareni CD block
26°06′22″N 80°49′51″E / 26.106244°N 80.830716°E / 26.106244; 80.830716[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	8.12 km2 (3.14 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	2,700
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Hamirgaon is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 16 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 2,700 people, in 476 households.^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, and does not host a weekly haat or a permanent market.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Raipur.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Hamirgaon (as "Hamir Gaon") as comprising 8 hamlets, with a total population of 1,163 people (562 male and 601 female), in 226 households and 183 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 743 acres.^[5] 209 residents were literate, 173 male and 36 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Hamirgaon as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 1,330 people (619 male and 681 female), in 244 households and 212 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 743 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Hamirgaon as having a population of 1,833 people, in 303 households, and having an area of 299.47 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Hamirgaon (as "Hamir Gaon") as having a total population of 2,113 people (1,065 male and 1,048 female), in 339 households and 339 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 296 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 342, or 16% of the total; this group was 52% male (179) and 48% female (163).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 38% of the village's population, while members of scheduled tribes made up 1%.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 44% (612 men and 316 women).^[4] 548 people were classified as main workers (466 men and 82 women), while 12 people were classified as marginal workers (1 man and 11 women); the remaining 1,553 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 257 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 199 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.; 1 in mining and quarrying; 1 household industry worker; 12 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 1 construction worker; 4 employed in trade and commerce; 2 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 69 in other services.^[4]

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