Bhitargaon, Raebareli
Bhitargaon is a village in Khiron block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] Located some 14 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters,[3] Bhitargaon consists of several hamlets clustered together by the main Raebareli-Unnao road.[4] As of 2011, it has a population of 10,841 people, in 1,976 households.[2] The village has a temple to Anandi Devi.[4] A mela called the Anandi-ka-Mela[5] is also held in her honour[4] annually on Chaitra Badi 8 and Jyaistha Sudi 2.[5] The Anandiganj bazar in Bhitargaon hosts markets twice weekly,[4] on Tuesdays and Fridays.[5] The main trade is in cloth and vegetables.[5] HistoryThe 1901 census recorded Bhitargaon's population as 4,198 people, including a Muslim minority of 517.[4] The village was then divided into 10 mahals; 4 of them were held by Janwar zamindars and the rest were held in either imperfect pattidari or joint zamindari tenure by Brahmin, Kayasth, or Janwar landowners.[4] The 1961 census recorded Bhitargaon as comprising 12 hamlets, with a total population of 4,715 people (2,419 male and 2,296 female), in 944 households and 864 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 3,231 acres and it had a post office and a grain mill at that point.[5] Average attendance of the Anandi-ka-Mela was about 300 and attendance of the twice-weekly market was around 400.[5] The 1981 census recorded Bhitargaon as having a population of 6,407 people, in 1,224 households, and having an area of 1,307.56 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.[3] References
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