{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Bakshi Ka Talab | native_name = Bakshi, BKT, Afs | native_name_lang = | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Residential area | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = Bakshi Ka Talab block map.png | map_caption = Map of Bakshi Ka Talab CD block | pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | coordinates = {{coord|26|59|0|N|80|53|0|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Uttar Pradesh | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Lucknow | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/> | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = 41.9 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 124 | population_total = 49166 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/> | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Hindi | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 226201 | blank1_name_sec1 = Coastline | blank1_info_sec1 = {{Convert|0|km|mi}} | blank2_name_sec1 = Nearest city | blank2_info_sec1 = Lucknow | blank3_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency 169 | blank3_info_sec1 = 0 | registration_plate = UP-32 | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Bakshi Ka Talab''' is a nagar panchayat town in Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Lucknow, Part A (Village and Town Directory) ( The current Chairman of the bakshi k talab is Shri Ganesh rawat )|pages=xii, 6, 28-67, 112-37, 278-292 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/UPA.html |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref> It is also the headquarters of a corresponding tehsil, as well as a community development block of the same name.<ref name="Census 2011"/> As of 2011, its population was 49,166, in 8,728 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It consists of both residential and business settlements. Bakshi Ka Talab is an organised settlement developed by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA).{{cn|date=May 2026}}
== Name and history == Bakshi Ka Talab is named after its large tank built by Bakhshi Tipur Chand, who was paymaster for Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah in the first half of the 19th century.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Lucknow - A Gazetteer |date=1904 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |page=172 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48095 |access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref> This structure was built with flights of stairs descending to the water's surface on all four sides, and four towers marking the corners.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> A temple to Banke Bihari was built facing the main road, and next to it, Bakhshi Tipur Chand had a mansion built, along with a walled garden.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> By the turn of the 20th century, the complex had fallen into ruin.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Around that time, Bakshi Ka Talab was described as being within the land belonging to Rudahi village, to the west.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> It had a train station on the Lucknow–Bareilly Railway, a post office, and a village school.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>
Bakshi Ka Talab was first upgraded to nagar panchayat status for the 2011 Census, with 23 villages being merged into the territory of the city.<ref name="Census 2011"/>
== Demographics == As of 2011, the population of Bakshi Ka Talab town was 49,166, in 8,728 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> Children ages 0-6 numbered 6,783, making up 13.8% of the town's population.<ref name="Census 2011"/> The town's sex ratio was 910 females for every 1000 males; in the 0-6 age group it was 947.<ref name="Census 2011"/> Members of scheduled castes made up 30.2% of town residents (the highest among cities in Lucknow district), and no residents were recorded as belonging to scheduled tribes.<ref name="Census 2011"/> The literacy rate of Bakshi Ka Talab town was 73.8% (81.7% of males and 65.3% of females, ages 7 and up).<ref name="Census 2011"/>
At the block level, the population of Bakshi Ka Talab's rural areas was 239,938, which was the highest among blocks in Lucknow district.<ref name="Census 2011"/>
== Villages == Bakshi Ka Talab block contains the following 161 villages:<ref name="Census 2011"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Village name ! Total land area (hectares) ! Population (in 2011) |- | Sahadat Nagar || 118.4 || 243 |- | Garha || 127.8 || 1,139 |- | Bahargaon || 254.8 || 2,340 |- | Karaundi || 273.2 || 1,567 |- | Bagaha || 287.4 || 2,917 |- | Jamkhanava || 283.7 || 1,900 |- | Dudhara || 112 || 1,757 |- | Makaria Kalan || 710.5 || 3,441 |- | Aramba || 261.3 || 2,459 |- | Banauga || 244 || 3,876 |- | Bhagautipur || 116.1 || 833 |- | Sarai Damu || 136.8 || 1,081 |- | Shivari || 150 || 1,536 |- | Gohana Khurd || 180.8 || 1,443 |- | Bahadurganj || 64.3 || 749 |- | Chaugava || 226.2 || 2,097 |- | Lodhauli || 130.6 || 1,075 |- | Manpur Raja || 42.4 || 748 |- | Malookpur || 253.5 || 2,203 |- | Belava || 94 || 829 |- | Saray Usrana || 38.7 || 493 |- | Madhopur || 95.9 || 748 |- | Marapa || 56.2 || 599 |- | Gorahi || 64.1 || 443 |- | Raipur Raja || 236.7 || 1,920 |- | Bangaon || 77.3 || 730 |- | Kamalpur Kayastha || 46.6 || 277 |- | Palpur || 62 || 921 |- | Chandpur Khanipur || 195.1 || 2,781 |- | Derava || 42.8 || 622 |- | Ahmedpur Khera || 102.8 || 890 |- | Pirthi Nagar || 59.5 || 774 |- | Akbarpur || 40.3 || 676 |- | Usarana || 466.4 || 2,770 |- | Karsanda || 166.6 || 574 |- | Kishunpur || 186.5 || 1,210 |- | Dilvasi || 163.2 || 1,132 |- | Patti || 78.9 || 755 |- | Khanpur || 57.3 || 771 |- | Bhatesua || 106.2 || 777 |- | Atesua || 420.2 || 3,290 |- | Hanumantpur || 139.8 || 1,449 |- | Chandanapur || 166.6 || 1,267 |- | Ashnaha || 169.2 || 1,443 |- | Bhikharipur || 56.4 || 588 |- | Lalpur || 80.6 || 695 |- | Shahpur Najol || 188.6 || 634 |- | Kunaura || 575.6 || 1,503 |- | Umariya || 257.3 || 732 |- | Muspipari || 325.4 || 2,149 |- | Himmatpur || 64.3 || 545 |- | Godhana || 314.2 || 1,191 |- | Narayanpur || 84.7 || 524 |- | Kuverpur || 44.3 || 193 |- | Puhuppur || 150.8 || 1,002 |- | Subanshipur || 75.7 || 730 |- | Haloopur || 49.6 || 312 |- | Rampur Babu || 78.9 || 727 |- | Bhargahana || 151.9 || 1,279 |- | Mahgava || 378.9 || 2,737 |- | Khomau || 100.6 || 1,316 |- | Narosa || 387.1 || 2,848 |- | Darauna || 34.5 || 375 |- | Indara || 484.4 || 2,136 |- | Khajuri || 88.6 || 517 |- | Karimnagar || 173.2 || 706 |- | Tikari || 292.6 || 1,044 |- | Subhan Nagar Arigawan || 83.7 || 926 |- | Palia || 116.3 || 1,045 |- | Mohammadpur Garhi || 185.2 || 1,309 |- | Gulalpur || 313 || 1,783 |- | Saranva || 293.6 || 1,089 |- | Parsahia || 273.8 || 1,582 |- | Aldampur || 213.7 || 1,500 |- | Kumhrava || 481.1 || 3,087 |- | Bajpur Gangaura || 197.8 || 713 |- | Dariapur || 128.3 || 862 |- | Hemi || 165.2 || 599 |- | Unai || 128.3 || 1,018 |- | Jalalpur || 277.3 || 2,270 |- | Khesravan || 127.4 || 992 |- | Prithvipur || 42.4 || 0 |- | Chak Prithvipur || 41.3 || 1,222 |- | Arjunpur || 71.7 || 1,089 |- | Kamalpur Sirsa || 181.5 || 817 |- | Bibipur || 363.6 || 1,996 |- | Chak Bibipur || 9.3 || 87 |- | Chak Bankat || 38.6 || 532 |- | Daulatpur || 174.1 || 629 |- | Devari Rokhara || 308.5 || 3,205 |- | Tikari || 95 || 1,233 |- | Sultanpur || 132.1 || 2,874 |- | Shahpur Raja || 140.3 || 758 |- | Bhikhampur || 59.8 || 506 |- | Singhamau || 173.7 || 1,548 |- | Bargadikala || 132.1 || 1,777 |- | Mandauli Khurd || 127.2 || 1,456 |- | Beharkaraundi || 31.4 || 331 |- | Shivpuri || 819.8 || 3,747 |- | Kathwara || 1,295.3 || 6,740 |- | Shivkhar || 74.3 || 410 |- | Hardhaurpur || 283.6 || 2,161 |- | Bikamau Khurd || 118.9 || 893 |- | Madaripur || 264.7 || 2,068 |- | Parvatpur || 105.8 || 818 |- | Majheria || 119.6 || 797 |- | Rampur Bahera || 204.8 || 1,867 |- | Digoi || 172.5 || 1,000 |- | Misripur || 195.8 || 1,619 |- | Sonava || 232.6 || 1,596 |- | Digurpur || 101 || 819 |- | Nagavamau Khurd || 88.5 || 564 |- | Naguvamau Kalan || 269.6 || 2,257 |- | Durjanpur || 63.8 || 758 |- | Rajpur || 77.7 || 467 |- | Ancharamau || 358.3 || 3,559 |- | Mohammadpur Saraia || 166.9 || 905 |- | Paharpur || 259.5 || 2,545 |- | Taranpur || 77.2 || 783 |- | Bharsar || 165.6 || 1,253 |- | Ataraura || 225.8 || 2,052 |- | Parsau || 199.9 || 1,329 |- | Bhesi || 79.2 || 452 |- | Singhpur || 49.1 || 496 |- | Malhipur || 92.5 || 474 |- | Rajapur Salempur || 175.3 || 757 |- | Sarsava || 144 || 1,252 |- | Mavaikala || 155.2 || 972 |- | Khantari || 243.6 || 929 |- | Dahanauri || 171.4 || 806 |- | Asti || 315 || 2,043 |- | Barakhempur || 217.6 || 1,600 |- | Fatehpur Khamra || 184.6 || 1,633 |- | Goravamau || 59.2 || 816 |- | Manpur Lala || 236.4 || 1,924 |- | Siwan || 210.3 || 1,863 |- | Hajichak || 29.1 || 295 |- | Kauriamau || 107.3 || 1,166 |- | Sadamau || 56 || 860 |- | Palaka || 126 || 1,735 |- | Bharawamau || 191.4 || 2,900 |- | Chanda Coder || 70.3 || 1,566 |- | Dinkarpur Jhalava || 103.2 || 919 |- | Gohana Kalan || 548.8 || 2,814 |- | Adhar Khera || 200.4 || 1,038 |- | Ajanhar Kalan || 202.4 || 713 |- | Rasoolpur Kayastha || 167.9 || 1,401 |- | Misripur || 212.2 || 4,583 |- | Barkhudarpur || 240.2 || 1,178 |- | Guramba || 105.2 || 2,602 |- | Behta || 160.6 || 3,693 |- | Para || 151.2 || 1,437 |- | Rajauli || 291.2 || 3,892 |- | Paikaramau || 385 || 4,276 |- | Dashauli || 250.9 || 2,921 |- | Kapasi || 175.3 || 1,710 |- | Rasoolpur Sadat || 631 || 4,138 |- | Basaha || 546.6 || 2,344 |- | Mohammadpur Majara || 155.6 || 1,607 |- | Goila || 760.6 || 7,945 |- | Pipri || 51.3 || 318 |}
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