Bhadokhar

Bhadokhar Bhadokhār
Village
Map showing Bhadokhar (#509) in Rahi CD block
26°09′27″N 81°16′37″E / 26.157463°N 81.276886°E / 26.157463; 81.276886[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	5.336 km2 (2.060 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	3,312
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Bhadokhar is a village in Rahi block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 9 km from Rae Bareli, the district headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 3,312 people, in 649 households.^[2] It has 3 primary schools and no medical facilities. The village hosts a weekly haat but not a permanent market.^[2] It serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 9 other villages.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Bhadokhar as comprising 9 hamlets, with a total population of 1,060 people (548 male and 512 female), in 231 households and 224 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 1,319 acres.^[5] 58 residents were literate, 55 male and 3 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rae Bareli South and the thana of Kotwali.^[5] Bhadokhar had a primary school at that point with 123 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Bhadokhar as comprising 9 hamlets, with a total population of 1,232 people (640 male and 592 female), in 262 households and 252 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 1,319 acres and it had a medical practitioner at that point.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Bhadokhar as having a population of 1,862 people, in 327 households, and having an area of 533.39 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Bhadokhar as having a total population of 2,372 people (1,248 male and 1,124 female), in 393 households and 386 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 533 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 500, or 21% of the total; this group was 52% male (258) and 48% female (242).^[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 606, or 25.5% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 38% (676 men and 236 women).^[4] 658 people were classified as main workers (595 men and 62 women), while 59 people were classified as marginal workers (4 men and 55 women); the remaining 1,656 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 318 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 85 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 10 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 1 in mining and quarrying; 3 household industry workers; 47 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 7 construction workers; 60 employed in trade and commerce; 21 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 105 in other services.^[4]