Pilkha
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Pilkha is a village in Dalmau block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.{{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}} It is located 9 km from Lalganj, the nearest large town. As of 2011, it has a population of 2,122 people, in 375 households. It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and does not host a permanent market or weekly haat.
History
Pilkha was founded by Mohan Singh, a ninth-generation descendant of the Bais ruler Rana Doman Deo through his fourth son Tribhuban Sah.{{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}} 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. After Mohan Singh founded Pilkha, the village was taken over by the Rana of Khajurgaon. 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, Dhirendra Pratap Singh , Hirendra Pratap Singh , Dushyant Pratap Singh and the youngest , Kaushlendra Pratap Singh.
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.{{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}} The area of the village was given as 489 acres. 84 residents were literate, 76 male and 8 female. The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Dalmau and the thana of Dalmau. There was a primary school at that point, which had an attendance of 93 students on 1 January of that year.
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.{{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}} The area of the village was given as 489 acres.
The 1981 census recorded Pilkha as having a population of 1,180 people, in 224 households, and having an area of 195.06 hectares.{{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}} The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.
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.{{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}} The area of the village was listed as 195 hectares. Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 290, or 22% of the total; this group was 50% male (145) and 50% female (145). Members of scheduled castes numbered 512, or 38% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded. The literacy rate of the village was 27% (262 men and 96 women). 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. 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.