Bhetua
Village
Map showing Bhetua (#060) in Bhetua CD block
Bhetua Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°09′56″N 81°52′37″E / 26.165668°N 81.876862°E / 26.165668; 81.876862[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Faizabad division
District	Amethi
Area [2]
• Total	2.881 km2 (1.112 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,680
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Bhetua is a village in Amethi tehsil of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,680 people, in 260 households.^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and does not host a weekly haat or permanent market.^[2] Bhetua serves as the headquarters of a community development block, which includes 71 rural villages as well as the census town of Korwa.^[2] It also serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat that also includes 14 other villages.^[3]

The 1951 census recorded Bhetua (as "Bhetwa Mafi") as comprising 20 hamlets, with a total population of 1,148 people (559 male and 589 female), in 248 households and 238 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was given as 747 acres.^[4] 100 residents were literate, all male.^[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Amethi and the thana of Raipur.^[4]

The 1961 census recorded Bhetua (as "Bhetuwa Muafi") as comprising 14 hamlets, with a total population of 1,231 people (571 male and 660 female), in 252 households and 243 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 747 acres.^[5]

The 1981 census recorded Bhetua (as "Bhetuwa") as having a population of 1,747 people, in 338 households, and having an area of 307.57 hectares.^[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[6]

The 1991 census recorded Bhetua (as "Bhetuwa") as having a total population of 2,067 people (1,052 male and 1,015 female), in 380 households and 375 physical houses.^[3] The area of the village was listed as 208.00 hectares.^[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 372, or 18% of the total; this group was 49% male (183) and 51% female (189).^[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 399, or 19% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[3] The literacy rate of the village was 48% (629 men and 186 women, counting only people age 7 and up).^[3] 644 people were classified as main workers (491 men and 153 women), while 59 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 1,364 residents were non-workers.^[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 297 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 239 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; 23 household industry workers; 9 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 1 construction worker; 28 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 47 in other services.^[3]

Villages

Bhetua CD block has the following 71 villages:^[2]

References