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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Johwa Sharki
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name = Johwa Sharqi
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
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| image_map = Harchandpur block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Johwa Sharki (#199) in Harchandpur CD block
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.379908|N|81.095082|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Search for "Johwa Sharki" here |title=Geographic Names Search WebApp }}</ref>
| subdivision_type = Country India
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Raebareli district|Raebareli]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
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| area_total_km2 = 19.349
| elevation_footnotes =
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| population_total = 10657
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code =
| registration_plate = UP-35
| website =
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'''Johwa Sharki''', also spelled '''Sharqi''', is a village in [[Harchandpur]] block of [[Rae Bareli district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=168–84 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0927_PART_A_DCHB_RAE%20BARELI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref> It is an especially large village with many hamlets spread out over a wide area.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Rai Bareli: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXIX Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1905 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |page=184 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.17389/page/n201 |access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref> It lies a bit to the north of the river [[Sai River (Uttar Pradesh)|Sai]], between the road from [[Bachhrawan]] to [[Lalganj, Uttar Pradesh|Lalganj]] on one side and the railway on the other.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> As of 2011, its population is 10,657, in 2,027 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It has 4 primary schools and no healthcare facilities.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

==History==
An experimental agricultural bank was established in Johwa Sharki in 1901.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> That year, its population was recorded as 3,500 people, including 101 Muslims, and the biggest Hindu group by size was the [[Ahir]]s.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> At around that time, the village was described as being surrounded by orchards, and there were two large tanks — one on the north and the other on the east.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Johwa Sharki (as "Johwa Sharqi") as comprising 18 hamlets, with a total population of 3,612 people (1,746 male and 1,866 female), in 880 households and 827 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=xxxiv-xxxv of section "Rae Bareli Tahsil"|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1047/1/22852_1961_RAE.pdf |access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 4,946 [[acre]]s and it had a post office at that point.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Johwa Sharki (as "Johwa Sarki") as having a population of 5,954 people, in 1,132 households, and having an area of 1,944.99 [[hectare]]s.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli |date=1982 |pages=74–5 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1298/1/50861_1981_RAE.pdf |access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref> The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.<ref name="Census 1981"/>

==References==
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{{Raebareli district}}

[[Category:Villages in Raebareli district]]

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Ali omar at 17:06, 6 March 2026