Village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Kanjas is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 17 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,023 people, in 174 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Sagar Khera.[4]
The 1951 census recorded Kanjas as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 370 people (189 male and 181 female), in 64 households and 60 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 366 acres.[5] 25 residents were literate, 19 male and 6 female.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.[5]
The 1961 census recorded Kanjas as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 435 people (216 male and 219 female), in 87 households and 75 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 367 acres.[6]
The 1981 census recorded Kanjas as having a population of 353 people, in 121 households, and having an area of 174.82 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.[3]
The 1991 census recorded Kanjas as having a total population of 669 people (327 male and 342 female), in 130 households and 130 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 175 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 95, or 14% of the total; this group was 42% male (40) and 58% female (55).[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 62% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 28% (130 men and 58 women).[4] 251 people were classified as main workers (136 men and 125 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 408 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 101 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 154 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 0 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; 0 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 6 in other services.[4]
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