Unchahar

Unchahar is a town and nagar panchayat in Raebareli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of a tehsil as well as a community development block. It is located on Lucknow Allahabad Highway, 115 km from Lucknow, 85 km from Allahabad. The place is well connected by rail and roads to nearby cities of Kanpur, Lucknow, and Allahabad. Unchahar is also a constituency of Uttar Pradesh Legislative assembly (183 Unchahar Vidhan Sabha).

Unchahar changed dramatically after the work done by former Member of Legislative Assembly, Har Narayan Singh. Some of his work include the establishment of the well known Feroze Gandhi Thermal Power Station of the National Thermal Power Corporation, which now has an installed capacity of 1050 MW and the launching of the daily train "Unchahar Express" connecting Allahabad with Chandigarh.

Basic public amenities are not so good despite the NTPC power plant, electricity supply is poor, although it is an important landmark in Raibareli.

Geography Unchahar is a town in the fertile Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh. The river Ganga flows 7 km southwest to the town. Unchahar has a humid subtropical climate with cool, dry winters from November to February and dry, hot summers from April to June. The rainy season is from July to mid-September. Fog is a common phenomenon from late December to late January. Unchahar is located 38 km from the district headquarters of the Raebareli. It has an average elevation of 111 metres. The dialect spoken here is the Awadhi variety of the Hindi language.

History The 1961 census recorded Unchahar as comprising 30 hamlets, with a total population of 4,109 people (2,139 male and 1,970 female), in 848 households and 822 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 3,490 acres and it had a library and a medical practitioner at that point.

The 1981 census recorded Unchahar as having a population of 7,282 people, in 1,852 households, and having an area of 1,412.36 hectares. The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.

The Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station began operation in 1988 with five units each capable of generating 210 MW of electricity. Construction cost Rs. 219 crores. A sixth unit, generating 500 MW of electricity, commenced operation in March 2017. On 1 November 2017, the new unit's boiler pipe exploded, killing 32 people and injuring many more.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Unchahar has a population of 11,033 people, in 1,866 households. The town's sex ratio is 969 females to every 1000 males, which is higher than the district-wide urban sex ratio of 924; 5,602 of Unchahar's residents are male (50.8%) and 5,431 are female (49.2%). The 0-6 age group makes up about 13.0% of the town's population; the sex ratio for this group is 1003, which is the highest among towns in Raebareli district. Members of Scheduled Castes make up 4.45% of the town's population, while no members of Scheduled Tribes were recorded. Unchahar's literacy rate was 80.88% (counting only people age 7 and up); literacy was higher among men and boys (86.45%) than among women and girls (75.1%). The scheduled castes literacy rate is 71.08% (77.68% among men and boys, and 63.35% among women and girls).

In terms of employment, 18.22% of Unchahar residents were classified as main workers (i.e. people employed for at least 6 months per year) in 2011. Marginal workers (i.e. people employed for less than 6 months per year) made up 9.21%, and the remaining 72.57% were non-workers. Employment status varied considerably according to gender, with 46.32% of men being either main or marginal workers, compared to just 7.94% of women.

4.12% of Dalmau residents live in slum conditions as of 2011. There is 1 slum area in Unchahar, called Aliganj. This has an approximate population of 455 residents and has 4 tap water access points. The number of flush toilets installed in people's homes is 12. The area is serviced by open sewers.

Transport Unchahar Junction railway station is the main Junction railway station after Rae Bareli Junction railway station. It is located on Varanasi–Kanpur and Varanasi–Lucknow line. Unchahar Express is the only direct connected to Chandigarh.

Villages Unchahar CD block has the following 107 villages:

Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011) Bheelampur 61.4 614 Sarain Hardo 294 1,938 Pooran Mau 108.7 848 Ramchandarpur 68.5 1,005 Kewal Nainpur 25.7 62 Kalyanpur 75.1 363 Kamoli 244.2 1,526 Shahabad 158 112 Kisundaspur 441 3,639 Ishwar Daspur 67 1,165 Sar Bahda 173.1 1,297 Miyanpur 50.6 383 Sarai Tula Ram 81 704 Chandrai 120.5 1,455 Matrauli 265.6 4,105 Semri Ranapur 114.3 1,011 Newada 120.5 814 Chaturpur Urf Misrapur 27.7 433 Kalikpur Kala 204 1,841 Bhagipur 57.3 446 Gopapur 49.2 670 Manipur Bhatehari 96.4 1,079 Sawayaya Hasan 281.1 2,312 Sawayaya Mira 132 945 Sawayya Raje 83 1,178 Jamalpur Mafi 65 618 Hatwa 169 1,062 Paindapur 77 593 Shahjadpur Ahtmali 95 0 Shahjadpur Mu. 515 1,671 Kotiya Chitra 273 3,575 Jamunapur 63 584 Mirza Inayatullapur 58 450 Baharpur 54 384 Gandhavi 38 418 Gopalpur Ghur Vansh 37 6 Ram Sanda 203 1,687 Daulatpur 120 954 Pach Khara 272 2,240 Hadipur 28 344 Sawanpur Newada 418 3,090 Najanpur 70 548 Sawaya Dhani 270 2,577 Gokana Ahtmali 31 0 Gokana Mustakil 216.2 1,927 Duraisa 204 1,103 Gangauli 376 3,917 Sarai Bhan 221 1,291 Kharauli Mustakil 411 4,256 Jarji Garh Mustakil 41 111 Jarji Garh Ahtmali 30 0 Kharauli Ahtmali 72 0 Kand Rawan 1,339.1 10,283 Pure Khoob Chand Ahtmali 494 0 Pure Khoob Chand Mustakil 331 993 Kalyani 174 1,681 Jabbaripur 213.4 1,400 Patti Rahas Kaithwalmustakil 213 5,769 Uncha Har Dehat 1,348 13,365 Mahmadpur Chandau 78 316 Arkha Mustakil 1,278 10,337 Jasauli 112 1,128 Har Bandhanpur 29 194 Patti Rahas Kaithwal Ahtamali 702 0 Arkha Ahtmali 553 0 Milikpur Ahtmali 373 0 Kotra Bahadur Ganj 740 5,696 Khojanpur 169 2,127 Dhamdhama 62 788 Baherawa 147 1,891 Hisampur 78 805 Kharg Sanpur 28 123 Gopalpur Dudhwan 132 913 Mani Rampur 78 659 Khurampur 97 963 Faridpur 39 574 Mirapur Dam Gani 29 91 Bahbanpur 91 460 Niranjanpur 28 582 Khanpur 49 72 Bikai 78 901 Sarai Parsoo 71 643 Khalikpur Khurd 40 298 Malkana 72 349 Madari Ganj 84 573 Gauraiya Mafi 43 273 Bhawanidinpur 80 699 Murar Mau 105 669 Bikar Garh 43 482 Bhuwalpur 70.2 762 Madaripur 87.2 657 Lal Chandpur Ikchhaniha 102.2 721 Kaleh 73 443 Sarai Sahijan 181 1,231 Madhopur Hardo Patti 55.7 280 Mokhara 227.1 1,730 Gangsari 300.3 2,011 Behra Mau 144 1,901 Purwara 287 2,269 Mahamadpur 34 0 Salimpur Bhaido 196 2,231 Narayanpur 104 528 Aima Jahanmiyan 135 1,356 Madhaopur Sultan 132 900 Hariharpur 103.8 766 Nigoha 113.2 1,188 Sukrullapur 232.2 1,320

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