Kukha

Kukha
Village
Map showing Kukha (#400) in Chhatoh CD block
Kukha Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°11′11″N 81°29′47″E / 26.186272°N 81.496482°E / 26.186272; 81.496482[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	2.847 km2 (1.099 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,643
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Kukha is a village in Chhatoh block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 36 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, Kukha has a population of 1,643 people, in 354 households.^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, and it does not host a permanent market or a weekly haat.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Chhatoh.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Kukha (as "Kokha") as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 574 people (298 male and 276 female), in 138 households and 129 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 690 acres.^[5] 9 residents were literate, all male.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rokha and the thana of Nasirabad.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Kukha (as "Kokaha") as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 680 people (353 male and 327 female), in 147 households and 145 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 690 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Kukha (as "Kukaha") as having a population of 830 people, in 213 households, and having an area of 279.23 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Kukha as having a total population of 1,177 people (596 male and 581 female), in 232 households and 228 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 254 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 219, or 18.6% of the total; this group was 56% male (122) and 44% female (97).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 43.8% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 21% (199 men and 46 women).^[4] 362 people were classified as main workers (314 men and 48 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 835 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 315 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 28 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; 0 household industry workers; 2 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 2 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 14 in other services.^[4]