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{{Short description|Village in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kurra Jarawan
| other_name = Kurra
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| settlement_type = Village
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mainpuri district|Mainpuri]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Karhal]]
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'''Kurra Jarawan''' ({{IAST|Kurrā Jarāwan}}) is a village in [[Karhal]] block of [[Mainpuri district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The village technically encompasses some 25 separate hamlets, which are grouped together for administrative purposes. A market is held in the village twice per week. As of 2011, Kurra Jarawan has a total population of 9,014, in 1,568 households.

== Name ==
The village is called both "Kurra Jarawan" and just "Kurra".<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.2015.48097 |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|227}}

== Geography ==
Kurra Jarawan is located on the main road between [[Kishni]] and [[Karhal]], about 16 km from Karhal. A branch of the [[Etawah Canal]] passes by the village; there is also a prominent ''[[jhil]]'' on village lands.<ref name="Gazetteer 1910"/>{{rp|227, 251}} The village lands cover 4,109 [[acre]]s, or about 16.6 square kilometres. 25 distinct settlements of various sizes exist within this area; they are all grouped together into a single village unit (or ''[[mauza]]'') for administrative purposes.<ref name="Census 1961"/>{{rp|lx}}

=== Land use ===
According to the [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]], Kurra Jarawan has a total area of 1,689.1 [[hectare]]s, of which 1,249.1 were currently farmland and 112.0 were under non-agricultural use. 120.0 hectares were occupied by [[orchard]]s, 0 by [[pasture]]s, 10.7 were classified as cultivable but not currently under any agricultural use, and 0 were classified as non-cultivable. No forests existed on village lands.<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|130}}

== Demographics ==
As of 2011, Kurra Jarawan had a population of 9,014, in 1,568 households.<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|149}} This population was 53.7% male (4,842) and 46.3% female (4,172). The 0-6 age group numbered 1,435 (754 male and 681 female), or 15.9% of the total population. 2,043 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 22.7% 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 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619230426/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1259/download/4050/DH_2011_0917_PART_B_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|118-9}}

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Kurra Jarawan as comprising 25 hamlets, with a total population of 3,511 people (1,733 male and 1,778 female), in 638 households and 267 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 4,109 acres.<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 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619230422/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28772/download/31954/22833_1961_MAI.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|lx}}

As of 1901, Kurra Jarawan had a population of 2,850, with a plurality belonging to the [[Ahir]], [[Brahman]], and [[Thakur (caste)|Thakur]] groups. The village comprised "two ''[[mahallah|mahal]]s'' and 23 hamlets, and it had a police station by that point.<ref name="Gazetteer 1910"/>{{rp|227}}

== Economy ==
Kurra Jarawan hosts a market twice per week, on Thursdays and Saturdays. Cattle and grain are among the main commodities bought and sold here.<ref name="Gazetteer 1910"/>{{rp|227}} There are not any commercial or [[cooperative banking#India|cooperative banks]] in Kurra Jarawan, nor any [[Primary Agricultural Credit Society|agricultural credit societies]].<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|153}}

== Infrastructure ==
As of 2011, Kurra Jarawan had 7 primary schools and 1 veterinary hospital. Drinking water was provided by hand pump; there were no public toilets. The village had a post office but no public library; there was 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 |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131054726/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1258/download/4046/DH_2011_0917_PART_A_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|149-54}} There is also a police station in Kurra Jarawan.<ref name="Census 1961"/>{{rp|131}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mainpuri district}}

[[Category:Villages in Mainpuri district]]

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