{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Pilkha | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = Dalmau block map.png | map_caption = Map showing Pilkha (#885) in Dalmau CD block | pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | coordinates = {{coord|26.2093|N|81.018983|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Do a radial search using these coordinates here |title=Geonames Search}}</ref> | subdivision_type = Country India | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Uttar Pradesh | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Raebareli | 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 = 1.951 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 2122 | 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 = | registration_plate = UP-35 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Pilkha''' is a village in Dalmau block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=306–30 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0927_PART_A_DCHB_RAE%20BARELI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref> It is located 9 km from Lalganj, the nearest large town.<ref name="Census 1981"/> As of 2011, it has a population of 2,122 people, in 375 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and does not host a permanent market or weekly haat.<ref name="Census 2011"/>
==History== Pilkha was founded by Mohan Singh, a ninth-generation descendant of the Bais ruler Rana Doman Deo through his fourth son Tribhuban Sah.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Rai Bareli: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXIX Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1905 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=77 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35020 |access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> Tribhuban Sah had originally been given the village of Jagatpur Kotaha for his maintenance, but his descendants failed in their attempts to form a taluqa.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> After Mohan Singh founded Pilkha, the village was taken over by the Rana of Khajurgaon.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> Later, Thakur Maharaj Bakhsh obtained the ''sanad'' for Pilkha and three other villages . When Thakur Maharaj Bakhsh died without a Will, then Pilkha was devolve to his son Thakur Sukhraj Bakhsh Singh. Thakur Sukhraj Bakhsh Singh, Stated his lands directed towards his son. Thakur Prem Pratap Singh.{{fact|date=June 2023}}
Three generations after Thakur Maharaj Bakhsh was Thakur Prem Pratap Singh , who divided his lands among his four sons.[3] The '''Oldest,''' <u>''Dhirendra Pratap Singh , Hirendra Pratap Singh , Dushyant Pratap Singh and the youngest , Kaushlendra Pratap Singh''.</u>
The 1951 census recorded Pilkha as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 804 people (402 male and 402 female), in 177 households and 156 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1951">{{cite book |title=Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (42 - Rae Bareli District) |date=1955 |location=Allahabad |pages=116–7, 208 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/933/1/23644_1951_RAE.pdf |access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 489 acres.<ref name="Census 1951"/> 84 residents were literate, 76 male and 8 female.<ref name="Census 1951"/> The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Dalmau and the thana of Dalmau.<ref name="Census 1951"/> There was a primary school at that point, which had an attendance of 93 students on 1 January of that year.<ref name="Census 1951"/>
The 1961 census recorded Pilkha as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 834 people (425 male and 409 female), in 183 households and 167 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=lxxx-lxxxi of section "Dalmau Tahsil" |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1047/1/22852_1961_RAE.pdf |access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 489 acres.<ref name="Census 1961"/>
The 1981 census recorded Pilkha as having a population of 1,180 people, in 224 households, and having an area of 195.06 hectares.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli |date=1982 |pages=158–9 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1298/1/50861_1981_RAE.pdf |access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref> The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.<ref name="Census 1981"/>
The 1991 census recorded Pilkha as having a total population of 1,343 people (659 male and 684 female), in 254 households and 242 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1991">{{cite book |title=Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli |date=1992 |pages=xxiv-xxviii, 200–1 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1443/1/36846_1991_RAE.pdf |access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was listed as 195 hectares.<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 290, or 22% of the total; this group was 50% male (145) and 50% female (145).<ref name="Census 1991"/> Members of scheduled castes numbered 512, or 38% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.<ref name="Census 1991"/> The literacy rate of the village was 27% (262 men and 96 women).<ref name="Census 1991"/> 523 people were classified as main workers (316 men and 207 women), while 131 people were classified as marginal workers (8 men and 123 women); the remaining 689 residents were non-workers.<ref name="Census 1991"/> The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 395 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 56 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 0 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 36 household industry workers; 5 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 5 employed in trade and commerce; 1 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 25 in other services.<ref name="Census 1991"/>
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Category:Villages in Raebareli district