Atawan
Atāwān
Village
Map showing Atawan (#352) in Dih CD block
Map showing Atawan (#352) in Dih CD block
Atawan is located in Uttar Pradesh
Atawan
Atawan
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°06′54″N 81°29′26″E / 26.114872°N 81.490544°E / 26.114872; 81.490544[1]
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictRaebareli
Area
[2]
 • Total2.858 km2 (1.103 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total2,108
 • Density740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationUP-35

Atawan is a village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 32 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 2,108 people, in 346 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, and it does not host a permanent market or a weekly haat.[2] It is the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat, which also includes 9 other villages.[4]

The 1951 census recorded Atawan as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 793 people (419 male and 374 female), in 163 households, and 159 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 886 acres.[5] 22 residents were literate, all male.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Parshadepur and the thana of Nasirabad.[5]

The 1961 census recorded Atawan as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 670 people (368 male and 302 female), in 158 households, and 143 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 886 acres and it had electricity at that point.[6]

The 1981 census recorded Atawan as having a population of 1,282 people, in 273 households, and having an area of 358.56 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[3]

The 1991 census recorded Atawan as having a total population of 1,456 people (739 male and 717 female), in 372 households and 372 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 367 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 311, or 21% of the total; this group was 49% male (151) and 51% female (160).[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 37% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 27% (287 men and 108 women).[4] 402 people were classified as main workers (395 men and 7 women), while 187 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 767 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 328 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 51 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; 0 household industry workers; 3 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 1 construction worker; 2 employed in trade and commerce; 5 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 12 in other services.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census 2011 India. pp. 393–409. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 210–1. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli (PDF). 1992. pp. xxiv–xxviii, 252–3. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (42 - Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 158–9. Retrieved 14 October 2021.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. civ-cv of section "Salon Tahsil". Retrieved 14 October 2021.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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