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Kashi Khera

village in Uttar Pradesh, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ109421992
Source-derived summary

Kashi Khera is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is located 28 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters. As of 2011, it has a population of 708 people, in 126 households. It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, and does not host a weekly haat or a permanent market. It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Nibi.

The 1951 census recorded Kashi Khera as comprising 1 hamlet, with a population of 386 people (183 male and 203 female), in 62 households and 53 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 162 acres. 48 residents were literate, 46 male and 2 female. The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.

The 1961 census recorded Kashi Khera as comprising 1 hamlet, with a population of 365 people (169 male and 196 female), in 60 households and 53 physical houses.

Editorial summary

“Kashi Khera” enters the record as village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kashi, Khera and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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 strongest next move is a source search built around Kashi, Khera and village.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Kashi Khera” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Kashi, Khera and village provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

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 Q109421992. Authority coordinates are 26.123, 80.775. 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.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kashi Khera”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kashi Khera primary sources, Kashi Khera archive and Kashi 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 “Kashi Khera”?
  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 Kashi Khera” 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.