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Birnawan, Dih, Raebareli
Birnawan is a village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 25 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 10,295 people, in 1,815 households.[2] It has 5 primary schools and 1 primary health sub centre.[2] It is the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat that also includes 10 other villages.[4] The 1951 census recorded Birnawan as comprising 49 hamlets, with a total population of 4,164 people (2,133 male and 2,031 female), in 973 households and 953 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 3,964 acres.[5] 157 residents were literate, 149 male and 8 female.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rokha and the thana of Nasirabad.[5] The 1961 census recorded Birnawan (as "Birnwan") as comprising 43 hamlets, with a total population of 4,885 people (2,517 male and 2,368 female), in 1,100 households and 1,078 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 4,954 acres.[6] The 1981 census recorded Birnawan as having a population of 6,284 people, in 1,700 households, and having an area of 1,604.18 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.[3] The 1991 census recorded Birnawan (as "Birnanan") as having a total population of 7,484 people (3,772 male and 3,712 female), in 1,492 households and 1,485 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 1,554 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 1,445, or 19% of the total; this group was 48% male (697) and 52% female (748).[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 34% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 16% (1,023 men and 203 women).[4] 2,128 people were classified as main workers (1,963 men and 165 women), while 580 people were classified as marginal workers (54 men and 536 women); the remaining 4,766 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 1,586 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 273 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 3 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 21 household industry workers; 6 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 3 construction workers; 37 employed in trade and commerce; 5 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 94 in other services.[4] References
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