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Bewal, Raebareli
The 1951 census recorded Bewal as comprising 23 hamlets, with a total population of 1,183 people (605 male and 578 female), in 298 households and 247 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 1,421 acres.[5] 15 residents were literate, all male.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Parshadepur and the thana of Nasirabad.[5] As of 1951, Bewal had a primary school with 103 students.[5] The 1961 census recorded Bewal as comprising 26 hamlets, with a total population of 1,455 people (686 male and 769 female), in 298 households and 287 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 1,429 acres.[6] The 1981 census recorded Bewal as having a population of 1,940 people, in 457 households, and having an area of 575.06 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[3] The 1991 census recorded Bewal as having a total population of 2,292 people (1,179 male and 1,113 female), in 434 households and 433 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 468 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 392, or 17.1% of the total; this group was 56% male (221) and 44% female (171).[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 16.7% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 16% (318 men and 53 women).[4] 675 people were classified as main workers (537 men and 138 women), while 298 people were classified as marginal workers (47 men and 251 women); the remaining 1,319 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 564 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 78 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 6 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 0 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 3 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 24 in other services.[4] HistoryBewal was a Jamindari before independence, which was ruled by Kanhpuria Kshatriya ( Rajputs ), who was a part/family of Tekari Raj, about 200 years old Kot/palace is still situated in Bewal. References
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