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Jarkhi (Jārkhī) is a village in Tundla block of Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh. As of 2011, it has a population of 1,468, in 262 households. Jarkhi was historically the capital of a taluqdari estate held by a Jat family and comprising 41 villages. It was also known for its prosperous Jain community and its export trade in shoes and ghee.
Jarkhi | |
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Village | |
 Map showing Jarkhi in Tundla block | |
  Jarkhi Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 27°14′32″N 78°17′53″E / 27.24222°N 78.29811°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Firozabad |
| Tehsil | Tundla |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.518 km2 (0.972 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,468 |
| • Density | 580/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Geography
editJarkhi is located about 6.5 km northeast from Tundla, the tehsil headquarters. The Jhirna, a small rain-fed stream that historically marked the boundary between Itimadpur and Firozabad tehsils, flows past Jarkhi.[2]: 8, 297
History
editJarkhi was historically the seat of a large taluqdari estate, which originated in 1803 with a lease of 41 villages granted to two Jats named Sundar and Dalip Singh. (Or, according to another version, to a Jat moneylender from Mahaban named Dheri Singh; in the first version, he is described as Dalip Singh's grandson.) Previously, Jarkhi had been held by a different group of Jats. Dheri Singh and his descendants later fell into debt and had to sell or mortgage much of their property to biswadars or sub-proprietors. They later settled with the biswadars and bought back proprietorship, and at the turn of the 20th century there were several branches of the family who held a combined total of 56 villages. The main family residence in Jarkhi at that point consisted of a group of masonry buildings surrounded by an earth wall and a deep ditch.[2]: 87, 94, 297
Jarkhi at the turn of the 20th century was described as a busy market village that held markets twice per week. Shoes were manufactured here and many were exported for sale in Calcutta (now Kolkata), and there was also a large export of ghee to Firozabad and Shikohabad. Fruit was also exported to Agra when in season. The village also had an upper primary school, a post office, and a stud farm. As of 1901, Jarkhi's population was 1,362, including a significant minority of 321 Jains. Jarkhi's Jain community was wealthy and prosperous and had built "a fine temple" in the village.[2]: 297
Demographics
editAs of 2011, Jarkhi had a population of 1,468, in 262 households.[1]: 71 This population was 54.4% male (798) and 45.6% female (670). The 0-6 age group numbered 207 (104 male and 103 female), making up 14.1% of the total population. 360 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 24.5% of the total.[3]: 86–7
The 1981 census recorded Jarkhi as having a population of 1,022 people (565 male and 457 female), in 177 households and 165 physical houses.[4]: 162–3
The 1961 census recorded Jarkhi (as "Jakhi") as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 951 people (521 male and 430 female), in 140 households and 137 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 625 acres and it had a post office and medical practitioner at the time.[5]: lxxxii
Infrastructure
editAs of 2011, Jarkhi had 1 primary school and 1 medical clinic. Drinking water was provided by hand pump and tube well/borehole; there were no public toilets. The village had a sub post office but no public library; there was at least some access to electricity for all purposes. Streets were made of both kachcha and pakka materials.[1]: 71–6
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Firozabad, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ a b c Nevill, H. R., ed. (1905). Agra: A Gazetteer, Being Volume VIII of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Allahabad: Government Press. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Firozabad, Part B (Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract)" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Agra (PDF). 1982. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (22 - Agra District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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