Saintha

Saintha
Village
Map showing Saintha (#265) in Gauriganj CD block
Saintha Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°08′53″N 81°39′58″E / 26.14801°N 81.66623°E / 26.14801; 81.66623[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Faizabad division
District	Amethi
Area [2]
• Total	6.396 km2 (2.470 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	4,076
• Density	640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Saintha is a village in Gauriganj block of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 4,076 people, in 697 households.^[2] It has two primary schools and no healthcare facilities and hosts a periodic haat but not a permanent market.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Bahanpur.^[3]

The 1951 census recorded Saintha as comprising 16 hamlets, with a total population of 1,455 people (712 male and 743 female), in 310 households and 298 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was given as 1,606 acres.^[4] 76 residents were literate, all male.^[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Amethi and the thana of Gauriganj.^[4] The village had a district board-run primary school with 28 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951.^[4]

The 1961 census recorded Saintha as comprising 16 hamlets, with a total population of 1,620 people (799 male and 821 female), in 316 households and 296 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 1,610 acres and it had a post office at that point.^[5]

The 1981 census recorded Saintha as having a population of 2,129 people, in 438 households, and having an area of 639.43 hectares.^[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[6]

The 1991 census recorded Saintha as having a total population of 2,407 people (1,210 male and 1,197 female), in 457 households and 453 physical houses.^[3] The area of the village was listed as 639.00 hectares.^[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 452, or 19% of the total; this group was 51% male (232) and 49% female (220).^[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 780, or 32% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[3] The literacy rate of the village was 29.5% (456 men and 121 women, counting only people age 7 and up).^[3] 643 people were classified as main workers (632 men and 11 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 1,764 residents were non-workers.^[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 569 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 33 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; 4 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 19 employed in trade and commerce; 4 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 13 in other services.^[3]