Jilhi
village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Jilhi (Jilhī) is a village in Bewar block of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh. As of 2011, it has a population of 1,866, in 305 households.
Demographics
As of 2011, Jilhi had a population of 1,866, in 305 households. This population was 54.6% male (1,019) and 45.4% female (847). The 0-6 age group numbered 225 (115 male and 110 female), or 12.1% of the total population. 10 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 0.5% of the total.
The 1981 census recorded Jilhi as having a population of 841 people, in 150 households.
The 1961 census recorded Jilhi as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 566 people (300 male and 266 female), in 104 households and 69 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 369 acres.
Infrastructure
As of 2011, Jilhi had 1 primary school; it did not have any healthcare facilities.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Jilhi” as village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q123200276. Authority coordinates are 27.269, 79.282. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011, 1981 and 1961.
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This entry incorporates text from “Jilhi” 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.