Jamo (Jāmo), also spelled Jamun or Jamon, is a village and community development block headquarters in Gauriganj tehsil of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] As of 2011, it had a population of 6,734 people, in 1,182 households.[2] It was historically the capital of the pargana of Gaura Jamun.[3] It is located at the intersection of four minor district roads, some of which are prone to flooding during the rainy season.[3]

Jamo
Jāmo, Jāmun, Jamon
Village
Map showing Jamo (#060) in Jamo CD block
Map showing Jamo (#060) in Jamo CD block
Jamo is located in Uttar Pradesh
Jamo
Jamo
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°22′08″N 81°39′50″E / 26.368758°N 81.664°E / 26.368758; 81.664[1]
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DivisionFaizabad division
DistrictAmethi
Area
 • Total
6.088 km2 (2.351 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
6,734
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC 5:30 (IST)

History

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Jamo was historically the capital of the pargana called Gaura Jamun.[3] It was also the seat of a taluqdari estate held by a branch of the Kanhpuria.[3] The Jamo branch originated in a partition of lands among the four sons of one Balbhaddar Singh; the other three branches were Katari, Bhawan-Shahpur, and Raisi.[3] The Baraulia taluqa was later formed as a junior branch of the Jamo taluqa.[3]

At the turn of the 20th century, Jamo was described as consisting of a built-up block surrounded by a moat and 21 dependant hamlets.[3] It had an aided school, maintained by the taluqdar and with only a few students.[3] It had a village bank.[3] The population as of 1901 was 1,967 people, and the majority of them were Brahmins, including the leading family of some prosperous moneylenders who owned several large houses in town.[3] The village was described as good for agriculture with many shallow depressions providing plenty of water for irrigation.[3] At that time, the Jamo taluqdar Mahabir Bakhsh Singh held 17 villages, all in the pargana of Gaura Jamun, but he was severely in debt and the estate was in effect mortgaged to a nobleman from Rewah State.[3]

The 1951 census recorded Jamo as comprising 20 hamlets, with a total population of 2,170 people (1,065 male and 1,105 female), in 468 households and 447 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 1,525 acres.[4] 70 residents were literate, all male.[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Gaura Jamo and the thana of Jagdishpur.[4] The village had a district board-run primary school with 124 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951.[4]

The 1961 census recorded Jamo (as "Jamon") as comprising 20 hamlets, with a total population of 2,075 people (1,041 male and 1,034 female), in 508 households and 454 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 1,525 acres and it had a post office at that point, as well as a government-run dispensary with 2 male and 2 female beds.[5] The Uma Raman Higher Secondary School, established in August 1950, had a staff of 15 teachers (all male) and an attendance of 463 students (all male) that year.[5]

The 1981 census recorded Jamo as having a population of 3,261 people, in 679 households, and having an area of 617.17 hectares.[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[6]

The 1991 census recorded Jamo as having a total population of 3,514 people (1,938 male and 1,576 female), in 731 households and 719 physical houses.[7] The area of the village was listed as 617.00 hectares.[7] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 579, or 16.5% of the total; this group was 51% male (297) and 49% female (282).[7] Members of scheduled castes numbered 1,062, or 30% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[7] The literacy rate of the village was 32.5% (755 men and 200 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[7] 1,231 people were classified as main workers (1,098 men and 133 women), while 3 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 2,280 residents were non-workers.[7] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 612 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 283 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 4 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 61 household industry workers; 41 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 14 construction workers; 73 employed in trade and commerce; 8 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 135 in other services.[7]

Villages

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Jamo CD block has the following 91 villages:[2]

Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011)
Adilpur 163.8 1,817
Gautampur 45.3 1,126
Majhgawan 102.3 572
Machharia 41.8 401
Lakhnapur 89.4 401
Basantpur 177.8 1,864
Gopalpur 97.6 243
Lalupurdhabiya 80.2 566
Bahadurpur 59.6 562
Dakhinwara 380.4 3,840
Chituhala 151 1,338
Debra 47.9 759
Maharajpur 36.4 296
Rajamau 255.4 2,521
Ahad 211 1,207
Pure Dhanesh Dei 33.1 693
Achal Pur 138.8 1,279
Dulapur 92.4 821
Digha Gopalpur 158.1 1,071
Kamalpur 130 1,204
Parbatpur 193.4 821
Samahai 449.1 4,342
Baghaiyapur 64.1 480
Hargaon 270.3 2,124
Ghatampur 441 4,190
Babupur 243.8 2,513
Gaura 488.7 4,349
Rampurchaudhari 192.2 1,503
Purab Gaura 251.5 2,048
Katari 711.5 6,500
Richhaura 479.2 1,275
Munghi 251.1 2,143
Sukhi Baz Garh 592.6 5,476
Alipur 134.6 1,192
Jamo (block headquarters) 608.8 6,734
Lalupur Dhabiya 126.5 1,453
Dalilpur 165.1 915
Resi 504.6 4,554
Biripur 192.8 1,725
Angrawan 138.8 1,332
Balbhaddarpur 1,023.6 6,140
Shahpur 194.7 1,367
Bhawanigarh 150.4 1,227
Mawai 442.7 3,019
Umaradih 501.5 3,397
Ramgarhi 79.3 663
Bhikhipur 162.3 1,496
Bakhshgarh 361.1 1,628
Janapur 301.9 1,778
Kapasi 240.4 1,945
Ajabgarh 320.8 1,561
Suratgarh 392.8 1,529
Garhilal Shah 228.1 936
Goriya Bad 853.2 5,814
Puredhanesh Giri 25.8 286
Pure Chitai 393.7 1,689
Harkampur 253 1,960
Alpi Misir 19.6 47
Deosi Pur 111.3 711
Orra 404.3 2,046
Heruwa 175 1,274
Duramau 265.5 1,496
Barauliya 611.2 3,878
Jodhanpur 192.8 852
Hardo 358.4 2,395
Bajgarhi 452 2,215
Pure Ausan Singh 67.4 272
Rampur Naurangabad 144.6 741
Talmasiyan 277 0
Lalpur 144.7 572
Aidhi 930.1 7,690
Godipur 38.8 573
Gogamau 252.8 2,148
Bhoe 488 3,396
Ramshahpur 62.1 543
Naupur 93.7 1,249
Lorikpur 200.6 1,353
Dhanepur 116.2 995
Sarme 458.4 3,795
Paras Rampur 245.8 1,694
Barehti 309.4 1,685
Tikra 166.2 1,244
Shahpur Resi 150.2 1,044
Mayas 281.5 2,207
Nadiwan 486.5 2,549
Atrauli 190.1 1,220
Sirkhiri 145.9 1,058
Nimi 195.5 1,382
Ghosiyan 291.9 1,564
Block total 23,577.1 171,303
Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011)

References

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  1. ^ "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Sultanpur, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census 2011 India. pp. 147–63. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Nevill, H.R. (1903). Sultanpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XLVI Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 99–100, 177, 186–7. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (49 - Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 130–1, 199. Retrieved 17 December 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b c Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. 121, 124, xviii–xix. Retrieved 17 December 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 48–9. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli (PDF). 1992. pp. xxiv–xxviii, 86–7. Retrieved 17 December 2021.