Bhetua | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 26°09′56″N 81°52′37″E / 26.165668°N 81.876862°E[1] | |
Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
Division | Faizabad division |
District | Amethi |
Area | |
• Total | 2.881 km2 (1.112 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,680 |
• Density | 580/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi, Urdu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Bhetua is a village in Amethi tehsil of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,680 people, in 260 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and does not host a weekly haat or permanent market.[2] Bhetua serves as the headquarters of a community development block, which includes 71 rural villages as well as the census town of Korwa.[2] It also serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat that also includes 14 other villages.[3]
The 1951 census recorded Bhetua (as "Bhetwa Mafi") as comprising 20 hamlets, with a total population of 1,148 people (559 male and 589 female), in 248 households and 238 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 747 acres.[4] 100 residents were literate, all male.[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Amethi and the thana of Raipur.[4]
The 1961 census recorded Bhetua (as "Bhetuwa Muafi") as comprising 14 hamlets, with a total population of 1,231 people (571 male and 660 female), in 252 households and 243 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 747 acres.[5]
The 1981 census recorded Bhetua (as "Bhetuwa") as having a population of 1,747 people, in 338 households, and having an area of 307.57 hectares.[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[6]
The 1991 census recorded Bhetua (as "Bhetuwa") as having a total population of 2,067 people (1,052 male and 1,015 female), in 380 households and 375 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was listed as 208.00 hectares.[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 372, or 18% of the total; this group was 49% male (183) and 51% female (189).[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 399, or 19% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[3] The literacy rate of the village was 48% (629 men and 186 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[3] 644 people were classified as main workers (491 men and 153 women), while 59 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 1,364 residents were non-workers.[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 297 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 239 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; 23 household industry workers; 9 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 1 construction worker; 28 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 47 in other services.[3]
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