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{{Short description|Village in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chitain
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Mainpuri district|Mainpuri]]
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'''Chitain''' ([[Devanagari]]: चितायन {{IAST|Chitāyan}}) is a village in [[Kishni]] block of [[Mainpuri district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. As of 2011, it has a total population of 6,397, in 1,076 households.

== Geography ==
Chitain is located about 3 km northwest of [[Saman, Mainpuri|Saman]] on the road to [[Mainpuri]]. There are two ''[[jhil]]''s, one to the north of the village and one to the south. There is also a tank to the north of the village.<ref name="Gazetteer 1910">{{cite book |editor1-last=Neave|editor1-first=E. R. |title=Mainpuri: A Gazetteer, Being Volume X of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh |date=1910 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181613 |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|204}}

== Demographics ==
As of 2011, Chitain had a population of 6,397, in 1,076 households.<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|242}} This population was 53.5% male (3,420) and 46.5% female (2,977). The 0-6 age group numbered 1,149 (623 male and 526 female), or 18.0% of the total population. 1,767 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 27.6% of the total.<ref name="Census 2011 B">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Mainpuri, Part B (Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1259/download/4050/DH_2011_0917_PART_B_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|160-1}}

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Chitain as having a population of 3,956 people, in 1,052 households.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Mainpuri |date=1982 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/29484/download/32665/28516_1981_MAI.pdf |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>{{rp|196-7}}

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Chitain as comprising 11 hamlets, with a total population of 2,654 people (1,470 male and 1,184 female), in 498 households and 341 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 3,133 acres and it had a post office at that point.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (24 - Mainpuri District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28772/download/31954/22833_1961_MAI.pdf |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>{{rp|cviii}}

The 1901 census recorded Chitain with a population of 2,170; it had 9 subsidiary hamlets.<ref name="Gazetteer 1910"/>{{rp|204}}

== Infrastructure ==
As of 2011, Chitain had 2 primary schools and 1 veterinary hospital but no healthcare facilities for humans. Drinking water was provided by tap, well, and hand pump; there were no public toilets. The village had a post office and public library, as well as at least some access to electricity for all purposes. Streets were made of both ''[[Indian vernacular architecture#kachcha|kachcha]]'' and ''[[Indian vernacular architecture#pucca|pakka]]'' materials.<ref name="Census 2011 A">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Mainpuri, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1258/download/4046/DH_2011_0917_PART_A_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|242-7}}

==References==
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{{Mainpuri district}}

[[Category:Villages in Mainpuri district]]

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