| Bhojpur | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.1414°N 80.7538°W[1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Raebareli |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.749 |
| Population Total: | 7173 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Registration Plate: | UP-35 |
Bhojpur is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 18 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters. As of 2011, it has a population of 7,173 people, in 1,215 households.[2] It has 2 primary schools and one primary health centre. The village does not host a permanent market or a weekly haat.[2] Bhojpur is the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat, which also includes 16 other villages.
The 1951 census recorded Bhojpur as comprising 5 hamlets, with a population of 2,394 people (1,202 male and 1,192 female), in 497 households and 407 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 1,261 acres.[3] 57 residents were literate, 38 male and 19 female.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.[3]
The 1961 census recorded Bhojpur as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 2,786 people (1,356 male and 1,430 female), in 519 households and 445 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 1,261 acres and it had a post office at that point.[4]
The 1981 census recorded Bhojpur as having a population of 4,081 people, in 700 households, and having an area of 510.32 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.[5]
The 1991 census recorded Bhojpur as having a total population of 5,370 people (2,739 male and 2,631 female), in 868 households and 868 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 475 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 1,059, or 20% of the total; this group was 53% male (558) and 47% female (501).[6] Members of scheduled castes made up 23% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 40% (1,353 men and 796 women).[6] 1,323 people were classified as main workers (1,244 men and 79 women), while 50 people were classified as marginal workers (7 men and 43 women); the remaining 3,997 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 381 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 410 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 5 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 29 household industry workers; 54 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 4 construction workers; 212 employed in trade and commerce; 6 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 222 in other services.[6]