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{{short description|village in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{other uses|Ain (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ain
| native_name =
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| settlement_type = Village
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| image_map = Sarojaninagar block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Ain (#489) in Sarojaninagar CD block
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26|44|55|N|80|43|55|E|display=inline,title|region:IN_type:city}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Lucknow district|Lucknow]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 9.766
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| population_total = 5052
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Ain''' is a village in [[Sarojaninagar]] block of [[Lucknow district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Lucknow, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=166–83 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/UPA.html |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref> The [[Nagwa river]] flows past the northeastern side of the village, and the road to [[Mohan, Uttar Pradesh|Mohan]] is on the southwestern side.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Lucknow - A Gazetteer |date=1904 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |page=167 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48095 |access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref> The village is well-irrigated and has stiff [[loam]]y soil with a proportion of clay, and rice is the staple crop.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> There is a market held on Tuesdays and Saturdays, mostly specialising in [[livestock]].<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (38 - Lucknow District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=266, xliv-xlv of section "Lucknow Tahsil" |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1012/1/21873_1961_LUC.pdf |access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref>

As of 2011, Ain has a population of 5,052 people, in 960 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== History ==
At the turn of the 20th century, Ain was described as a large but otherwise unremarkable village in the northwestern part of the [[Bijnaur, Lucknow|Bijnaur]] [[pargana]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> It had a small school, but no market.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Its population in 1901 was 2,319 people, with a large majority belonging to the [[Kurmi]] caste.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Ain as comprising 6 hamlets, with a total population of 2,729 (1,431 male and 1,298 female), in 152 households and 152 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961"/> The area of the village was given as 2,128 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1961"/> By this point, Ain did have a market, taking place on Tuesdays and Saturdays and specialising in [[livestock]]; average attendance at that point was about 500 people.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Ain as having a population of 3,975 people, in 744 households, and covering an area of 961.97 [[hectare]]s.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Lucknow |date=1982 |pages=92–3 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/handle/123456789/1276 |access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Lucknow district]]

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