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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jamo
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name = Jāmo, Jāmun, Jamon
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
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| image_map = Jamo block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Jamo (#060) in Jamo CD block
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ayodhya 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"/>
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| area_total_km2 = 6.088
| elevation_footnotes =
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| population_total = 6734
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=7 December 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
| demographics1_info2 = [[Urdu]]<ref name="langoff"/>
| demographics1_title3 = Spoken
| demographics1_info3 = [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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'''Jamo''' ({{IAST|Jāmo}}), also spelled '''Jamun''' or '''Jamon''', is a village and [[community development block]] headquarters in [[Gauriganj, India|Gauriganj]] tehsil 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> As of 2011, it had a population of 6,734 people, in 1,182 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It was historically the capital of the [[pargana]] of [[Gaura Jamun]].<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=99–100, 177, 186–7 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113213 |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> It is located at the intersection of four minor district roads, some of which are prone to flooding during the rainy season.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>

==History==
Jamo was historically the capital of the [[pargana]] called [[Gaura Jamun]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> It was also the seat of a [[taluqdar]]i estate held by a branch of the [[Kanhpuria]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The Jamo branch originated in a partition of lands among the four sons of one Balbhaddar Singh; the other three branches were [[Katari, Amethi|Katari]], [[Bhawan-Shahpur]], and [[Raisi, Amethi|Raisi]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The [[Baraulia]] taluqa was later formed as a junior branch of the Jamo taluqa.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>

At the turn of the 20th century, Jamo was described as consisting of a built-up block surrounded by a moat and 21 dependant hamlets.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> It had an aided school, maintained by the taluqdar and with only a few students.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> It had a village bank.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The population as of 1901 was 1,967 people, and the majority of them were [[Brahmin]]s, including the leading family of some prosperous moneylenders who owned several large houses in town.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The village was described as good for agriculture with many shallow depressions providing plenty of water for irrigation.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> At that time, the Jamo taluqdar Mahabir Bakhsh Singh held 17 villages, all in the pargana of Gaura Jamun, but he was severely in debt and the estate was in effect mortgaged to a nobleman from [[Rewah State]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>

The [[1951 Census of India|1951 census]] recorded Jamo as comprising 20 hamlets, with a total population of 2,170 people (1,065 male and 1,105 female), in 468 households and 447 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=130–1, 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 1,525 acres.<ref name="Census 1951"/> 70 residents were literate, all male.<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 124 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951.<ref name="Census 1951"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Jamo (as "Jamon") as comprising 20 hamlets, with a total population of 2,075 people (1,041 male and 1,034 female), in 508 households and 454 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=121, 124, xviii-xix |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 1,525 acres and it had a post office at that point, as well as a government-run [[dispensary]] with 2 male and 2 female beds.<ref name="Census 1961"/> The Uma Raman Higher Secondary School, established in August 1950, had a staff of 15 teachers (all male) and an attendance of 463 students (all male) that year.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Jamo as having a population of 3,261 people, in 679 households, and having an area of 617.17 hectares.<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=48–9 |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 Jamo as having a total population of 3,514 people (1,938 male and 1,576 female), in 731 households and 719 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, 86–7 |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 617.00 hectares.<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 579, or 16.5% of the total; this group was 51% male (297) and 49% female (282).<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of [[scheduled caste]]s numbered 1,062, or 30% 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 32.5% (755 men and 200 women, counting only people age 7 and up).<ref name="Census 1991"/> 1,231 people were classified as main workers (1,098 men and 133 women), while 3 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 2,280 residents were non-workers.<ref name="Census 1991"/> The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 612 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 283 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 4 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 61 household industry workers; 41 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 14 [[construction worker]]s; 73 employed in trade and commerce; 8 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 135 in other services.<ref name="Census 1991"/>

==Villages==
Jamo CD block has the following 91 villages:<ref name="Census 2011"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Village name
! Total land area (hectares)
! Population (in 2011)
|-
| [[Adilpur]] || 163.8 || 1,817
|-
| [[Gautampur, Amethi|Gautampur]] || 45.3 || 1,126
|-
| [[Majhgawan, Amethi|Majhgawan]] || 102.3 || 572
|-
| [[Machharia]] || 41.8 || 401
|-
| [[Lakhnapur]] || 89.4 || 401
|-
| [[Basantpur, Jamo|Basantpur]] || 177.8 || 1,864
|-
| [[Gopalpur, Jamo|Gopalpur]] || 97.6 || 243
|-
| [[Lalupurdhabiya]] || 80.2 || 566
|-
| [[Bahadurpur, Jamo|Bahadurpur]] || 59.6 || 562
|-
| [[Dakhinwara, Amethi|Dakhinwara]] || 380.4|| 3,840
|-
| [[Chituhala]] || 151 || 1,338
|-
| [[Debra, Amethi|Debra]] || 47.9 || 759
|-
| [[Maharajpur, Jamo|Maharajpur]] || 36.4 || 296
|-
| [[Rajamau, Amethi|Rajamau]] || 255.4 || 2,521
|-
| [[Ahad, Amethi|Ahad]] || 211 || 1,207
|-
| [[Pure Dhanesh Dei]] || 33.1 || 693
|-
| [[Achal Pur]] || 138.8 || 1,279
|-
| [[Dulapur]] || 92.4 || 821
|-
| [[Digha Gopalpur]] || 158.1 || 1,071
|-
| [[Kamalpur, Jamo|Kamalpur]] || 130 || 1,204
|-
| [[Parbatpur]] || 193.4 || 821
|-
| [[Samahai]] || 449.1 || 4,342
|-
| [[Baghaiyapur]] || 64.1 || 480
|-
| [[Hargaon, Amethi|Hargaon]] || 270.3 || 2,124
|-
| [[Ghatampur, Jamo|Ghatampur]] || 441 || 4,190
|-
| [[Babupur, Jamo|Babupur]] || 243.8 || 2,513
|-
| [[Gaura, Jamo|Gaura]] || 488.7 || 4,349
|-
| [[Rampurchaudhari]] || 192.2 || 1,503
|-
| [[Purab Gaura]] || 251.5 || 2,048
|-
| [[Katari, Amethi|Katari]] || 711.5 || 6,500
|-
| [[Richhaura]] || 479.2 || 1,275
|-
| [[Munghi]] || 251.1 || 2,143
|-
| [[Sukhi Baz Garh]] || 592.6 || 5,476
|-
| [[Alipur, Jamo|Alipur]] || 134.6 || 1,192
|-
| '''Jamo''' (block headquarters) || 608.8 || 6,734
|-
| [[Lalupur Dhabiya]] || 126.5 || 1,453
|-
| [[Dalilpur]] || 165.1 || 915
|-
| [[Resi, Amethi|Resi]] || 504.6 || 4,554
|-
| [[Biripur]] || 192.8 || 1,725
|-
| [[Angrawan]] || 138.8 || 1,332
|-
| [[Balbhaddarpur]] || 1,023.6 || 6,140
|-
| [[Shahpur, Jamo|Shahpur]] || 194.7 || 1,367
|-
| [[Bhawanigarh, Amethi|Bhawanigarh]] || 150.4 || 1,227
|-
| [[Mawai, Jamo|Mawai]] || 442.7 || 3,019
|-
| [[Umaradih]] || 501.5 || 3,397
|-
| [[Ramgarhi]] || 79.3 || 663
|-
| [[Bhikhipur]] || 162.3 || 1,496
|-
| [[Bakhshgarh]] || 361.1 || 1,628
|-
| [[Janapur]] || 301.9 || 1,778
|-
| [[Kapasi]] || 240.4 || 1,945
|-
| [[Ajabgarh]] || 320.8 || 1,561
|-
| [[Suratgarh, Amethi|Suratgarh]] || 392.8 || 1,529
|-
| [[Garhilal Shah]] || 228.1 || 936
|-
| [[Goriya Bad]] || 853.2 || 5,814
|-
| [[Puredhanesh Giri]] || 25.8 || 286
|-
| [[Pure Chitai]] || 393.7 || 1,689
|-
| [[Harkampur]] || 253 || 1,960
|-
| [[Alpi Misir]] || 19.6 || 47
|-
| [[Deosi Pur]] || 111.3 || 711
|-
| [[Orra, Amethi|Orra]] || 404.3 || 2,046
|-
| [[Heruwa]] || 175 || 1,274
|-
| [[Duramau]] || 265.5 || 1,496
|-
| [[Barauliya]] || 611.2 || 3,878
|-
| [[Jodhanpur]] || 192.8 || 852
|-
| [[Hardo]] || 358.4 || 2,395
|-
| [[Bajgarhi]] || 452 || 2,215
|-
| [[Pure Ausan Singh]] || 67.4 || 272
|-
| [[Rampur Naurangabad]] || 144.6 || 741
|-
| [[Talmasiyan]] || 277 || 0
|-
| [[Lalpur, Jamo|Lalpur]] || 144.7 || 572
|-
| [[Aidhi]] || 930.1 || 7,690
|-
| [[Godipur]] || 38.8 || 573
|-
| [[Gogamau]] || 252.8 || 2,148
|-
| [[Bhoe]] || 488 || 3,396
|-
| [[Ramshahpur]] || 62.1 || 543
|-
| [[Naupur]] || 93.7 || 1,249
|-
| [[Lorikpur]] || 200.6 || 1,353
|-
| [[Dhanepur]] || 116.2 || 995
|-
| [[Sarme]] || 458.4 || 3,795
|-
| [[Parasrampur, Amethi|Paras Rampur]] || 245.8 || 1,694
|-
| [[Barehti]] || 309.4 || 1,685
|-
| [[Tikra, Jamo|Tikra]] || 166.2 || 1,244
|-
| [[Shahpur Resi]] || 150.2 || 1,044
|-
| [[Mayas, Amethi|Mayas]] || 281.5 || 2,207
|-
| [[Nadiwan]] || 486.5 || 2,549
|-
| [[Atrauli, Amethi|Atrauli]] || 190.1 || 1,220
|-
| [[Sirkhiri]] || 145.9 || 1,058
|-
| [[Nimi, Amethi|Nimi]] || 195.5 || 1,382
|-
| [[Ghosiyan]] || 291.9 || 1,564
|-class="sortbottom"
| '''Block total''' || '''23,577.1''' || '''171,303'''
|-
!Village name !! Total land area (hectares) !! Population (in 2011)
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Amethi district}}

[[Category:Villages in Amethi district]]
[[Category:Community development blocks in India]]
[[Category:Zamindari estates in Uttar Pradesh]]

Jamo, Uttar Pradesh - Revision history

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