Khiron is a village and corresponding community development block in Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Located on the main Raebareli-Unnao road, semari Khiron is an old Muslim town that historically served as the seat of a pargana. As of 2011, the village has a population of 9,955, in 1,714 households. It has six primary schools and one medical clinic. It serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat that also includes 11 other villages.
Khiron hosts an annual mela at the Balbhadreshwar Mahadeo temple on Phalguna Badi 13; the festival is part of Shivratri and is dedicated to the worship of Shiva. Vendors bring various everyday items to sell at the fair. Khiron also hosts markets twice per week, on Mondays and Thursdays; the main items traded are cloth and vegetables.
History Khiron was fortified and made the seat of a pargana during the reign of Asaf-ud-Daula; the headquarters had previously been at Satanpur since its foundation and fortification by the Bais raja Sathna. Khiron was also historically the seat of a taluqdari estate belonging to a Janwar dynasty, and there were also several Kayasth qanungo families, including many descended from Rai Sahib Rai, who had been a chakladar under the Nawabs of Awadh. Rai Sahib Rai had built a fort at Khiron whose ruins still exist. There is also the tomb of Fateh Shahid, a companion of the Muslim folk hero Sayyid Salar Masud.
The population of Khiron declined sharply in the late 1800s from 3,408 in 1869 to 2,669 in 1901. At the 1901 census, there were 559 Muslims, almost entirely Pathans. Turn-of-the-century Khiron had a large primary school, a cattle pound, a branch post office, and two bazars called Balbhaddarganj and Raghunathganj, holding markets twice per week. There was a large tank to the north and east of the town, as well as some kankar quarries and plenty of orchards.
The 1951 census recorded Khiron as comprising 10 hamlets, with a total population of 2,939 people (1,474 male and 1,465 female), in 593 households and 593 physical houses. The area of the village was given as s. 338 residents were literate, 295 male and 43 female. The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Khiron and the thana of Gurbakshganj.
The 1961 census recorded Khiron as comprising 10 hamlets, with a total population of 3,210 people (1,679 male and 1,531 female), in 590 households and 536 physical houses. The area of the village was given as s and it had a post office at that point. There was a dispensary run by a local body with five male beds and one female bed; It had one grain mill, and four small manufacturers of clothing. Average attendance of market was 500 and for the festival it was 400.
The 1981 census recorded Khiron as having a population of 5,243 people, in 946 households, and having an area of . The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.
The 1991 census recorded Khiron as having a total population of 6,296 people (3,317 male and 2,979 female), in 1,127 households and 1,124 physical houses. The area of the village was listed as . Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 1,262, or 20% of the total; this group was 52% male (658) and 48% female (604). Members of scheduled castes numbered 2,029, or 32% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded. The literacy rate of the village was 35% (1,581 men and 642 women). 1,757 people were classified as main workers (1,613 men and 144 women), while 213 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 4,326 residents were non-workers. The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 828 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 290 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 27 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 42 household industry workers; 66 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 12 construction workers; 200 employed in trade and commerce; 34 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 258 in other services.
Villages Khiron CD block has the following 94 villages:
Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011) Aindhi 377.1 2,317 Dandanpur 85.4 537 Mustaqim Ganj 117.8 500 Shiv Puri 217.2 1,354 Jeti 484 2,108 Chandauli 234.5 1,286 Gona Mau 161.9 1,247 Behta Satanpur 227.5 1,408 Tarwa Barwa 82.2 598 Dondepur 117.8 1,251 Atarhar 350.6 3,296 Dumarher 326.8 2,577 Nandehari 106.8 705 Dhurayee 594.2 4,481 Paho 866 5,620 Lodipur 149.4 834 Mohanpur 28.3 425 Sadullapur 90.8 796 Ranapur Urf Pahrauli 350.6 2,158 Khajuha 180.6 1,260 Kursandi 113.2 1,166 Lalpur 97.4 546 Hardi 164.9 1,675 Baraundi 201.3 1,556 Haripur Mirdaha 193.6 2,284 Madanapur 113.2 1,031 Saguni 162.8 1,941 Baraula 197.1 1,305 Paraspur 24.4 37 Khiron (block headquarters) 771.7 9,955 Husenabad 59.6 862 Rampur Majra 139.4 447 Bhitargaon 1,318.1 10,841 Basigawan 222.2 747 Nau Gawn 123.1 450 Chande Mau 171.9 1,135 Mera Mau 92.5 1,057 Jasaumau 363.9 2,917 Mendauli 468.3 3,345 Hari Ramkhera 46.2 290 Akohriya 177 1,481 Dokanaha 534.1 4,009 Nunera 175.6 1,717 Sehara Mau 102.1 840 Jam Koriyapur 169 881 Kamalpur 184.8 1,118 Akhaupur 181.1 1,338 Dahirapur 52.6 386 Barvaliya 159 1,459 Tikwa Mau 156.1 1,065 Khanpur Khunti 178.4 1,723 Mirjapur 122.2 648 Sarai Mahmood 62.2 460 Udwatpur 138.4 847 Kishun Khera 155.4 1,205 Majhigawan 102.7 782 Deo Gaon 143.6 1,233 Ketanpur 50.2 345 Kalupur 61.5 470 Mishra Khera 61.1 354 Khandepur 91.7 647 Sewanpur 356.7 1,894 Surajpur Guman Khera 124.5 1,206 Ramwapur Dubai 386.1 2,537 Baswan Khera 32.4 725 Chak Gajraj 19.7 429 Chakpher Shah 37.2 491 Semari 626 5,715 Lakshipur 398.2 2,524 Dewali 99.3 517 Manpur 122.2 1,188 Keshauli 201.7 1,742 Khargapur 195.8 2,246 Bhitari 315.4 3,221 Bakuliha 499.6 4,244 Sidhaur Semari 129.2 1,169 Afasari 99.4 731 Bijemau Khapura 290.7 2,799 Kanha Mau 272 886 Malpur 143.3 592 Shyampur 197.2 593 Haripur Nihastha 123.7 722 Nihastha 446.5 2,597 Rampur Nihastha 110.8 508 Jagatpur Ramgari 258 1,168 Chikhari 273.4 555 Satanpur 330.1 3,902 Banai Mau 126.8 856 Ajitpur 106.4 1,264 Raipur 166.9 1,283 Ekauni 168.6 1,466 Gaunha 269.9 993 Korara 57 258 Bari 180.2 779 Merui 506.1 2,855
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