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Bakwara

Bakwāra
Bakwara Bakwāra
Village
	Map showing Bakwara (#451) in Rahi CD block
	Bakwara Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
	Coordinates: 26°12′50″N 81°21′06″E / 26.213882°N 81.351601°E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area
• Total	1.967 km2 (0.759 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,540
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Bakwara is a village in Rahi block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 15 km from Rae Bareli, the district headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,540 people, in 257 households.^[2] It has one primary school and no medical facilities. The village hosts a weekly haat but not a permanent market.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Rustampur.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Bakwara as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 558 people (305 male and 253 female), in 106 households and 106 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 470 acres.^[5] 16 residents were literate, 8 male and 8 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rae Bareli North and the thana of Nasirabad.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Bakwara as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 573 people (294 male and 279 female), in 124 households and 120 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 470 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Bakwara as having a population of 821 people, in 155 households, and having an area of 192.64 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Bakwara as having a total population of 1,089 people (534 male and 555 female), in 196 households and 190 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 197 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 255, or 23% of the total; this group was 51% male (129) and 49% female (126).^[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 149, or 14% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 28% (238 men and 68 women).^[4] 296 people were classified as main workers (260 men and 36 women), while 189 people were classified as marginal workers (5 men and 184 women); the remaining 604 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 182 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 58 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 1 worker in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 28 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 2 construction workers; 7 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 18 in other services.^[4]