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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kurseli
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| settlement_type = Populated place
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| image_map = Hariyawan block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Kurseli (#058) in Hariyawan CD block
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27.53341|N|80.139024|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Search for "Kurseli" here |title=Geographic Names Search WebApp }}</ref>
| subdivision_type = Country
| 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 = [[Hardoi district|Hardoi]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
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| area_total_km2 = 18.963
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| population_total = 10404
| population_as_of = 2011
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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]]
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'''Kurseli''' is a large<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Hardoi - A Gazetteer |date=1904 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |page=216 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48076 |access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref> village in [[Hariyawan]] block of [[Hardoi district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Hardoi, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=317–34 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0924_PART_A_DCHB_HARDOI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref> It is located north of the city of [[Hardoi]], to the west of the main road to [[Pihani]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Kurseli hosts a market on Mondays and Thursdays,
<ref name="Census 1971">{{cite book |title=Census 1971 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part X-A: Village & Town Directory, District Hardoi |date=1972 |pages=84–5 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1130/1/45148_1971_HAR.pdf |access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref> and the main staple foods are [[wheat]] and [[rice]].<ref name="Census 1971"/><ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Hardoi |date=1982 |pages=118–9 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1229/1/27831_1981_HAR.pdf |access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref> It has several schools and one clinic, along with five practitioners of traditional medicine.<ref name="Census 2011"/> The village lands extend a long way to the south, and include a chain of [[jhil]]s that ultimately drain into the [[Sai River (Uttar Pradesh)|Sai river]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> As of 2011, the population of Kurseli is 10,404, in 1,936 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== History ==
Kurseli is said to have been founded around 1500 by two [[Chamar Gaur]]s named Diwan Singh and Jagat Singh, who were descended from one Kuber Sah, who had previously conquered the area from the [[Thathera]]s.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Around the turn of the 20th century, Kurseli belonged to the [[pargana]] of [[Sara South]], and it was the largest settlement in the pargana.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> There was a small bazaar here at the time, but other than that it was mostly an agricultural settlement.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Its population in 1901 was recorded as 2,503, with about half of the residents belonging to the [[Pasi (caste)|Pasi]] caste.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Kurseli as comprising 14 hamlets, with a total population of 4,118 (2,225 male and 1,893 female), in 819 households and 620 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (36 - Hardoi District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=lviii-lix of section "Hardoi Tahsil" |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/987/1/22855_1961_HAR.pdf |access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref> A total of 511 residents (471 male and 40 female) were able to read and write.<ref name="Census 1961"/> The area of the village was given as 4,619 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Kurseli as having a population of 5,795, in 1,242 households, and covering an area of 1,869.30 [[hectare]]s.<ref name="Census 1981"/>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hardoi district}}

[[Category:Villages in Hardoi district]]

Kurseli - Revision history

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