>3 kids in a trenchcoat: Clarification

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{distinguish|Buxar}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Baksar
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = hi
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_map = Sumerpur block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Baksar (#976) in Sumerpur block
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.145|N|80.675|E|display=inline,title}}
| 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 = [[Unnao district|Unnao]]
| established_title = 
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| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 3.655
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 2413
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]] [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 209863
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 05142
| registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|UP 35]]
| website = {{URL|up.gov.in}}
| footnotes =
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'''Baksar''' is a village in [[Sumerpur, Unnao|Sumerpur]] block of [[Unnao district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Unnao, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=416-41 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/UPA.html |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> The southernmost village in the district, Baksar is located on the bank of the [[Ganges]] at a spot where it flows slightly northward.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Unao: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXVIII Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1903 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=154-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113180 |access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref> Because of this, the river is considered especially sacred here, and enormous crowds gather here to bathe in its waters at a [[mela]] during the month of [[Kartik (month)|Kartik]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The spot has a temple dedicated to Sri Chandrika Devi on the riverbank.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> As of 2011, the population of Baksar is 2,413 people, in 466 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Baksar (here spelled "Baxar") as comprising 6 hamlets, with a total population of 1,033 (498 male and 535 female), in 201 households and 178 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (37 - Unnao District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=cxxii-cxxiii of section "Purwa Tehsil", cxxvi-cxxvii |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1040/1/21887_1961_UNN.pdf |access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 906 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1961"/> It had 7 small miscellaneous [[food processing]] establishments and 4 makers of sundry hardwares at the time.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

==Geography==
Baksar is located at 26°21′N 80°41′E / 26.35°N 80.68°E.<ref>[http://www.india9.com/i9show/Baksar-24972.htm India9.com Guide to India presents Baksar in Uttar Pradesh]</ref> It has an average elevation of 120 meters (399 feet).

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Unnao district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Unnao district]]

{{Unnao-geo-stub}}

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