Bakhshgarh is a village in Jamo block of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,628 people, in 275 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and it does not host a weekly haat or a permanent market.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Mawai.[3]

Bakhshgarh
Village
Map showing Bakhshgarh (#073) in Jamo CD block
Bakhshgarh Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26.30422°N 81.634864°E / 26.30422; 81.634864[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Faizabad division
District	Amethi
Area [2]
• Total	3.611 km2 (1.394 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,628
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

The 1951 census recorded Bakhshgarh as comprising 10 hamlets, with a total population of 781 people (397 male and 384 female), in 152 households and 146 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 846 acres.[4] 11 residents were literate, all male.[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Gaura Jamo and the thana of Gauriganj.[4]

The 1961 census recorded Bakhshgarh (as "Bakshgarh") as comprising 10 hamlets, with a total population of 802 people (424 male and 378 female), in 169 households and 169 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 846 acres.[5]

The 1981 census recorded Bakhshgarh (as "Bakshgarh") as having a population of 1,010 people, in 229 households, and having an area of 342.38 hectares.[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[6]

The 1991 census recorded Bakhshgarh (as "Bakshgarh") as having a total population of 1,116 people (612 male and 504 female), in 254 households and 254 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was listed as 361.00 hectares.[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 197, or 18% of the total; this group was 52% male (103) and 48% female (94).[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 262, or 23.5% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[3] The literacy rate of the village was 23% (188 men and 27 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[3] 415 people were classified as main workers (358 men and 57 women), while 32 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 669 residents were non-workers.[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 265 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 132 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; 6 household industry workers; 2 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 1 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 8 in other services.[3]

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