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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Basgawan
| native_name =
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| other_name = Basgawān
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =
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| image_map = Khiron block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Basgawan (#568) in Khiron CD block
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.304144|N|81.010792|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Do a radial search using these coordinates here |title=Geonames Search}}</ref>
| 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 = [[Raebareli district|Raebareli]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
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| area_total_km2 = 2.222
| elevation_footnotes =
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| population_total = 747
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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| registration_plate = UP-35
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'''Basgawan''' is a village in [[Khiron]] block of [[Rae Bareli district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=244–61 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0927_PART_A_DCHB_RAE%20BARELI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref> It is located 13 km from [[Lalganj, Uttar Pradesh|Lalganj]], the tehsil headquarters.<ref name="Census 1981"/> As of 2011, it has a population of 747 people, in 142 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It has 1 primary school, no healthcare facilities and does not host a weekly [[haat]] or a permanent market.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It belongs to the [[nyaya panchayat]] of [[Bhitargaon]].<ref name="Census 1991"/>

The [[1951 Census of India|1951 census]] recorded Basgawan as comprising 1 hamlet, with a population of 265 people (123 male and 142 female), in 51 households and 47 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1951">{{cite book |title=Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (42 - Rae Bareli District) |date=1955 |location=Allahabad |pages=104–5 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/933/1/23644_1951_RAE.pdf |access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 573 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1951"/> 7 residents were literate, all male.<ref name="Census 1951"/> The village was listed as belonging to the [[pargana]] of Khiron and the [[thana]] of Gurbakshganj.<ref name="Census 1951"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Basgawan as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 311 people (164 male and 147 female), in 91 households and 82 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=lxiv-lxv of section "Dalmau Tahsil" |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1047/1/22852_1961_RAE.pdf |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 573 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Basgawan as having a population of 504 people, in 81 households, and having an area of 232.69 [[hectare]]s.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli |date=1982 |pages=126–7 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1298/1/50861_1981_RAE.pdf |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref> The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.<ref name="Census 1981"/>

The [[1991 Census of India|1991 census]] recorded Basgawan (as "Basigawan") as having a total population of 510 people (292 male and 218 female), in 89 households and 88 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1991">{{cite book |title=Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli |date=1992 |pages=xxiv-xxviii, 148–9 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1443/1/36846_1991_RAE.pdf |access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was listed as 223 hectares.<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 71, or 14% of the total; this group was 51% male (36) and 49% female (35).<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of [[scheduled castes]] made up 33.5% of the village's population, while no members of [[scheduled tribes]] were recorded.<ref name="Census 1991"/> The [[literacy rate]] of the village was 40% (158 men and 46 women).<ref name="Census 1991"/> 149 people were classified as main workers (127 men and 22 women), while 97 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 264 residents were non-workers.<ref name="Census 1991"/> The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 124 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 14 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; 0 household industry workers; 3 workers employed in other [[manufacturing]], processing, service, and repair roles; 0 [[construction worker]]s; 2 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 6 in other services.<ref name="Census 1991"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Raebareli district}}

[[Category:Villages in Raebareli district]]

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