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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Kargaina
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| settlement_type         = Census town
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| pushpin_map             = India Uttar Pradesh
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Bareilly district|Bareilly]]
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| population_total        = 9691
| population_as_of        = 2001
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'''Kargaina''' is a [[census town]] in [[Bareilly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].
== History ==
Due to its proximity with [[Bareilly]] city, the Kargaina housing scheme was launched by the Bareilly Development Authority (BDA) in 1990. Under the scheme, houses for 732 families from economically weaker section were built in the town. However, the housing scheme didn't take off properly resulting in the degeneration of the area into a slum.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jan 6 |first1=Maria Khan / TNN / |title=After 30 yrs, BDA plans to take up renovation of Kargaina Awasya Yojana {{!}} Bareilly News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/after-30-yrs-bda-plans-to-take-up-renovation-of-kargaina-awasya-yojana/articleshow/73112738.cms |accessdate=1 October 2020 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns  (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Kargaina had a population of 9,691. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kargaina has an average literacy rate of 52%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 60%, and female literacy is 44%. In Kargaina, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
==References==
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{{Bareilly district}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in Bareilly district]]
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