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{{other uses|Gaura (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox settlement
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| map_caption = Map showing Gaura (#052) in Jamo CD block
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Faizabad division]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Amethi district|Amethi]]
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'''Gaura''' is a village in [[Jamo, Uttar Pradesh|Jamo]] 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=147–63 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0948_PART_A_DCHB_SULTANPUR.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> The namesake of the historical [[pargana]] of [[Gaura Jamun]], Gaura consists of a main site called Gaura ''khas'' in the northeast surrounded by several smaller hamlets.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Sultanpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XLVI Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1903 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=176–7 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113213 |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> The village lands are fertile and contain many orchard groves.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> In the east-central part there is a large ''[[jhil]]'' which provides a convenient source of irrigation but also sometimes overflows and floods the surrounding fields.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Gaura is located just north of Jamo on the [[Gauriganj, India|Gauriganj]]-[[Jagdishpur, Sultanpur|Jagdishpur]] road, and another road also leads off to [[Musafirkhana]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>

As of 2011, Gaura has a population of 4,349 people, in 700 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It has 3 primary schools and a family welfare centre and it does not host a regular market or weekly [[haat]].<ref name="Census 2011"/> It serves as the seat of a [[nyaya panchayat]] which also includes 6 other villages.<ref name="Census 1991"/>

==History==
At the turn of the 20th century, Gaura was described as a fairly large but otherwise rather insignificant village that belonged to the [[taluqdar]]i estate of [[Katari, Amethi|Katari]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> It had a primary school, and an area of high ''[[nazul (land)|nazul]]'' land indicated that there also used to be a fort here.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> As of 1901, Gaura's population was 1,448 people, of which the majority were [[Ahir]]s and also including a Muslim minority of 131.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>

The [[1951 Census of India|1951 census]] recorded Gaura as comprising 17 hamlets, with a total population of 1,731 people (824 male and 907 female), in 368 households and 366 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=128–9, 199 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/843/1/52301_1951_SUL.pdf |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 1,282 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1951"/> 146 residents were literate, 126 male and 20 female.<ref name="Census 1951"/> The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Gaura Jamo and the [[thana]] of [[Jagdishpur, Sultanpur|Jagdishpur]].<ref name="Census 1951"/> The village had a district board-run primary school with 177 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951.<ref name="Census 1951"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Gaura as comprising 22 hamlets, with a total population of 1,770 people (889 male and 881 female), in 381 households and 356 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=xvi-xvii |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1035/1/22847_1961_SUL.pdf |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 1,282 acres and it had a post office at that point.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Gaura as having a population of 2,557 people, in 465 households, and having an area of 518.83 [[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=42–3 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1311/1/28684_1981_SUL.pdf |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.<ref name="Census 1981"/>

The [[1991 Census of India|1991 census]] recorded Gaura as having a total population of 2,795 people (1,435 male and 1,360 female), in 523 households and 515 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, 84–5 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1413/1/37121_1991_SUL.pdf |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was listed as 490.00 hectares.<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 556, or 20% of the total; this group was 53% male (294) and 47% female (262).<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of [[scheduled caste]]s numbered 430, or 15% 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 32% (579 men and 148 women, counting only people age 7 and up).<ref name="Census 1991"/> 837 people were classified as main workers (687 men and 150 women), while 145 people were classified as marginal workers (5 men and 140 women); the remaining 1,813 residents were non-workers.<ref name="Census 1991"/> The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 392 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 256 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 12 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 45 household industry workers; 4 workers employed in other [[manufacturing]], processing, service, and repair roles; 0 [[construction worker]]s; 77 employed in trade and commerce; 8 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 43 in other services.<ref name="Census 1991"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Amethi district}}

[[Category:Villages in Amethi district]]

Gaura, Jamo - Revision history

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