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Bithuli

village in Uttar Pradesh, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ108304031
Source-derived summary

Bithuli is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 29 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters. As of 2011, it has a population of 456 people, in 79 households. It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities. It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Murarmau.

The 1951 census recorded Bithuli as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 230 people (107 male and 123 female), in 39 households and 34 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 276 acres. 27 residents were literate, all male. The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.

The 1961 census recorded Bithuli as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 267 people (114 male and 153 female), in 45 households and 37 physical houses.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Bithuli” as village in Uttar Pradesh, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bithuli, village and Uttar.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011, 1951, 1961—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bithuli, village and Uttar providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Bithuli”, the useful work is to connect “village in Uttar Pradesh, India” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q108304031. Authority coordinates are 26.139, 80.795. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011, 1951 and 1961.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Bithuli”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Bithuli primary sources, Bithuli archive and Bithuli research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Bithuli”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from Bithuli” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.