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{{other uses|Katari}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Katari
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name = Katāri
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
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| image_map = Jamo block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Katari (#055) in Jamo CD block
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.403678|N|81.696967|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 = [[Ayodhya division|Ayodhya]]
| 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 = 7.115
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| population_total = 6500
| population_as_of = 2011
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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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'''Katari''' 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> It is located by a stream called the Naiya or Kandu nala, which flows east toward the [[Gomti River]].<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, 177, 189–90 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113213 |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> The main highway from [[Lucknow]] to [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]] passes further north.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Katari was historically the seat of a [[taluqdar]]i estate held by a leading branch of the [[Kanhpuria]] Rajputs.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>

As of 2011, Katari has a population of 6,500 people, in 1,075 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It has 4 primary schools and a family welfare centre and it does not host a regular market or weekly [[haat]].<ref name="Census 2011"/> It belongs to the [[nyaya panchayat]] of [[Gaura, Jamo|Gaura]].<ref name="Census 1991"/>

==History==
At the turn of the 20th century, Katari was described as a large village in the northeastern corner of the [[pargana]] of [[Gaura Jamun]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The road to Jamo was of poor quality at the time and was prone to flooding during the rainy season.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> The population as of 1901 was 2,402 people, including 218 Muslims and a large proportion of [[Brahmin]]s.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> Katari served as the seat of a [[taluqdar]]i estate held by Raja Partab Bahadur Singh, who held 13 villages at the time and was a leading member of the [[Kanhpuria]] Rajputs.<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/>

The [[1951 Census of India|1951 census]] recorded Katari as comprising 18 hamlets, with a total population of 2,438 people (1,258 male and 1,180 female), in 539 households and 533 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 1,815 [[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 for girls with 91 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951.<ref name="Census 1951"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Katari as comprising 19 hamlets, with a total population of 2,703 people (1,357 male and 1,346 female), in 581 households and 580 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=147, 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 1,815 acres and it had a post office at that point.<ref name="Census 1961"/> It was also listed as hosting a [[haat]] twice per week, on Thursdays and Sundays, mostly dealing in grain and vegetables and having an average attendance of around 100 people.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Katari as having a population of 3,775 people, in 731 households, and having an area of 734.53 [[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 Katari as having a total population of 4,331 people (2,311 male and 2,020 female), in 778 households and 775 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 735.00 hectares.<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 855, or 20% of the total; this group was 51% male (439) and 49% female (416).<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of [[scheduled caste]]s numbered 1,364, or 31.5% 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 34.5% (919 men and 281 women, counting only people age 7 and up).<ref name="Census 1991"/> 1,334 people were classified as main workers (1,136 men and 198 women), while 60 people were classified as marginal workers (1 man and 59 women); the remaining 2,937 residents were non-workers.<ref name="Census 1991"/> The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 850 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 367 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 14 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 39 household industry workers; 7 workers employed in other [[manufacturing]], processing, service, and repair roles; 2 [[construction worker]]s; 9 employed in trade and commerce; 7 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 39 in other services.<ref name="Census 1991"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Amethi district}}

[[Category:Villages in Amethi district]]
[[Category:Zamindari estates in Uttar Pradesh]]

Katari, Amethi - Revision history

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