Kurha is a village in

Chhatoh Chhatoh is a village and corresponding community development block in Salon tehsil of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 43 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters. As of 2011, Chhatoh has a population of 3,999 peop ...

block of

Rae Bareli district Raebareli district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Raebareli is the district headquarters. This district is a part of Lucknow Division in Uttar Pradesh state. The total area of Raebareli district is 3,371 S ...

, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 12 km from

Raebareli Raebareli is a city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Raebareli district and a part of Lucknow Division. The city is situated on the banks of the Sai river, southeast of Lucknow. It possesses many arc ...

, the district headquarters. As of 2011, Kurha has a population of 3,412 people, in 565 households. It has 3 primary schools and 1 healthcare facility. The village belongs to the nyaya panchayat of

Hajipur Hajipur (, ) is the headquarters and largest city of Vaishali district of the state of Bihar in India. Hajipur is the 16th most populous city of Bihar, besides being the second-fastest developing city, next to Patna. It had a total population ...

. The 1951 census recorded Kurha as comprising 15 hamlets, with a population of 1,141 people (595 male and 546 female), in 494 households and 448 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 1,294

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s. 26 residents were literate, 25 male and 1 female. The village was listed as belonging to the

pargana Pargana ( bn, পরগনা, , hi, परगना, ur, پرگنہ) or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each ...

Rokha Rokha is a large village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Historically the namesake of a pargana, Rokha is a predominantly agricultural village consisting of many hamlets. It is located 28 km from Raebareli, the dis ...

and the thana of Nasirabad. The 1961 census recorded Kurha as comprising 14 hamlets, with a total population of 1,428 people (723 male and 705 female), in 287 households and 282 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 1,294

s and it had a post office at that point. The 1981 census recorded Kurha as having a population of 1,601 people, in 410 households, and having an area of 523.26 hectares. The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice. The

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recorded Kurha as having a total population of 2,070 people (1,063 male and 1,007 female), in 400 households and 399 physical houses. The area of the village was listed as 528 hectares. Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 367, or 17.7% of the total; this group was 53% male (194) and 47% female (173). Members of scheduled castes made up 32.7% of the village's population, while no members of

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were recorded. The literacy rate of the village was 26% (423 men and 116 women). 890 people were classified as main workers (598 men and 292 woman), while 2 people were classified as marginal workers (both women); the remaining 1,178 residents were non-workers. The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 601 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 237 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; 5 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 5 construction workers; 21 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 20 in other services.

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{{Raebareli district Villages in Raebareli district