Dudhwan

Dudhwan
Village
Map showing Dudhwan (#729) in Sareni CD block
Dudhwan Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°06′04″N 80°48′13″E / 26.10107°N 80.803708°E / 26.10107; 80.803708[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	3.566 km2 (1.377 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	2,638
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Dudhwan is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 21 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 2,638 people, in 408 households.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Raipur.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Dudhwan (as "Dudhawan") as comprising 3 hamlets, with a population of 1,034 people (487 male and 547 female), in 186 households and 141 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 892 acres.^[5] 200 residents were literate, 100 male and 100 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Dudhwan (as "Dudhawan") as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 1,247 people (594 male and 653 female), in 208 households and 151 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 892 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Dudhwan (also as "Dudhawan") as having a population of 1,524 people, in 245 households, and having an area of 365.72 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Dudhwan as having a total population of 1,822 people (893 male and 929 female), in 302 households and 302 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 363 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 302, or 17% of the total; this group was 52% male (157) and 48% female (145).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 27% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 52% (587 men and 360 women).^[4] 702 people were classified as main workers (341 men and 61 women), while 125 people were classified as marginal workers (15 men and 110 women); the remaining 1,295 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 171 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 120 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 1 worker in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 7 household industry workers; 2 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 17 employed in trade and commerce; 8 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 76 in other services.^[4]