Bela Tekai Bela Tikai
Village
Map showing Bela Tekai (#492) in Rahi CD block
Bela Tekai Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°06′04″N 81°12′46″E / 26.101108°N 81.212831°E / 26.101108; 81.212831[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	6.61 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	4,634
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Bela Tekai is a village in Rahi block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 14 km from Rae Bareli, the district headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, its population comprised 5,928 people, in 1,071 households.^[2] The village has 3 primary schools. However, it has no medical facilities, weekly haat or permanent market.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Bela Bhela.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Bela Tekai as comprising 9 hamlets, with a total population of 1,470 people (774 male and 696 female), in 335 households and 330 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 1,663 acres.^[5] 104 residents were literate, 98 male and 6 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rae Bareli South and the thana of Jagatpur.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Bela Tekai as comprising 9 hamlets, with a total population of 1,841 people (967 male and 874 female), in 379 households and 353 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 1,663 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Bela Tekai (as "Bela Tikai") as having a population of 2,455 people, in 484 households, and having an area of 660.47 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Bela Tekai as having a total population of 3,025 people (1,524 male and 1,501 female), in 512 households and 503 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 653 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 637, or 21% of the total; this group was 51% male (324) and 49% female (313).^[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 776, or 26% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 27% (627 men and 196 women).^[4] 795 people were classified as main workers (758 men and 37 women), while 152 people were classified as marginal workers (12 men and 140 women); the remaining 2,078 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 540 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 151 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 13 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 3 household industry workers; 15 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 11 construction workers; 16 employed in trade and commerce; 7 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 39 in other services.^[4]