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{{other uses|Biswan}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Biswan
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name = Biswān
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_map = Gauriganj block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Biswan (#248) in Gauriganj CD block
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.185399|N|81.635101|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 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Faizabad division]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Amethi district|Amethi]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 0.592
| elevation_footnotes =
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| population_total = 353
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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'''Biswan''' is a village in [[Gauriganj, India|Gauriganj]] block of [[Amethi district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Sultanpur, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=181–98 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0948_PART_A_DCHB_SULTANPUR.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> As of 2011, it has a population of 353 people, in 55 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It has no schools and no healthcare facilities and hosts both a permanent market and a weekly [[haat]].<ref name="Census 2011"/> It belongs to the [[nyaya panchayat]] of [[Semuai]].<ref name="Census 1991"/>

The [[1951 Census of India|1951 census]] recorded Biswan as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 193 people (104 male and 89 female), in 45 households and 45 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1951">{{cite book |title=Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (49 - Rae Bareli District) |date=1955 |location=Allahabad |pages=96–7 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/843/1/52301_1951_SUL.pdf |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 230 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1951"/> 1 resident was literate, a male.<ref name="Census 1951"/> The village was listed as belonging to the [[pargana]] of [[Amethi]] and the [[thana]] of Gauriganj .<ref name="Census 1951"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Biswan as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 183 people (95 male and 88 female), in 40 households and 40 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=xl-xli |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1035/1/22847_1961_SUL.pdf |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 230 acres.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Biswan as having a population of 210 people, in 43 households, and having an area of 93.49 [[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=90–1 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1311/1/28684_1981_SUL.pdf |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.<ref name="Census 1981"/>

The [[1991 Census of India|1991 census]] recorded Biswan as having a total population of 268 people (133 male and 135 female), in 47 households and 45 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, 114–5 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1413/1/37121_1991_SUL.pdf |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was listed as 93.00 hectares.<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 49, or 18% of the total; this group was 43% male (21) and 57% female (28).<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of [[scheduled caste]]s numbered 46, or 17% of the village's total population, while no members of [[scheduled tribes]] were recorded.<ref name="Census 1991"/> The [[literacy rate]] of the village was 43% (73 men and 21 women, counting only people age 7 and up).<ref name="Census 1991"/> 68 people were classified as main workers (66 men and 2 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 200 residents were non-workers.<ref name="Census 1991"/> The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 54 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 13 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; 0 workers employed in other [[manufacturing]], processing, service, and repair roles; 0 [[construction worker]]s; 0 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 1 in other services.<ref name="Census 1991"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Amethi district}}

[[Category:Villages in Amethi district]]

Biswan, Amethi - Revision history

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