Kurebhar

At the turn of the 20th century, Kurebhar had a police station, post office, pound, sarai, and a military encampment covering 10 acres of nazul property.[2] It then lay at a crossroads where the main Allahabad-Faizabad trunk road intersected the road from Haliapur to Akbarpur, and its bazar was a locally important commercial centre.[2] An aided school was established in the bazar in 1901.[2] Its population as of 1901 was 417.[2] The village belonged to the Raja of Kurwar, who maintained a tehsil here, and formed part of the Mujes Mahal.[2] It was sub-settled with 7 Pathans who lived in the village (Kurebhar's Pathan community numbered 85 in total as of 1901).[2]

The 1951 census recorded Kurebhar (also spelled "Kure Bhar") as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 597 people (300 male and 297 female), in 133 households and 109 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 293 acres.[5] 19 residents were literate, all male.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Baraunsa and the thana of Kurebhar.[5] The village had a district board-run primary schools with 263 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951.[5]

The 1961 census recorded Kurebhar (also spelled "Kure Bhar") as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 861 people (426 male and 435 female), in 159 households and 149 physical houses..[3] The area of the village was given as 291 acres.[3] It had a government-run dispensary with 4 male beds and 4 female beds, as well as a maternity and child welfare centre with 8 beds.[3] Its police force consisted of 2 sub-inspectors, 1 head constable, and 14 constables.[3] Average attendance of the twice-weekly market was about 500 people, while average attendance of the Dussehra festival was about 10,000.[3]

The 1981 census recorded Kurebhar (as "Korebhar") as having a population of 1,847 people, in 358 households, and having an area of 113.72 hectares.[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[6]

The 1991 census recorded Kurebhar (as "Kure Bhar") as having a total population of 2,427 people (1,340 male and 1,087 female), in 412 households and 400 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 113.72 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 463, or 19% of the total; this group was 52% male (241) and 48% female (222).[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 102, or 4% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 62% (852 men and 365 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[4] 715 people were classified as main workers (660 men and 55 women), while 260 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 1,452 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 162 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 29 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 1 worker in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 52 household industry workers; 58 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 4 construction workers; 314 employed in trade and commerce; 30 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 65 in other services.[4]

Police station Kurebhar, Sultanpur

There is a police station in Kurebhar.[7] Kurebhar is also a Block in Sultanpur district.[8] Pin Code of Kurebhar is 228151.[9]

Kurebhar CD block has the following 164 villages:[1]