Village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Kol is a village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 23 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 216 people, in 44 households.[2] It has no schools and no healthcare facilities, and it does not host a permanent market or weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Dih.[4]
The 1951 census recorded Kol as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 86 people (47 male and 39 female), in 21 households and 16 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 313 acres.[5] 3 residents were literate, all male.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Parshadepur and the thana of Salon.[5]
The 1961 census recorded Kol as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 98 people (54 male and 44 female), in 22 households and 21 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 313 acres.[6]
The 1981 census recorded Kol as having a population of 146 people, in 31 households, and having an area of 128.29 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and barley.[3]
The 1991 census recorded Kol as having a total population of 189 people (88 male and 101 female), in 39 households and 39 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 128 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 42, or 22% of the total; this group was 50% male (21) and 50% female (21).[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 11% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 32% (39 men and 21 women).[4] 48 people were classified as main workers (47 men and 1 woman), while 39 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 102 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 45 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 1 agricultural labourer (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; 0 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 0 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 1 in other services.[4]
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