Lakhapur | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 26.1942°N 81.497°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: | 2.324 |
Population Total: | 2490 |
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 |
Lakhapur is a village in Chhatoh block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 32 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters. As of 2011, Lakhapur has a population of 2,490 people, in 426 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, and it does not host a permanent market or a weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Chhatoh.
The 1951 census recorded Lakhapur as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 748 people (405 male and 343 female), in 169 households and 156 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 794 acres.[3] 26 residents were literate, all male.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rokha and the thana of Nasirabad.[3]
The 1961 census recorded Lakhapur as comprising 6 hamlets, with a total population of 920 people (469 male and 451 female), in 163 households and 163 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 615 acres.[4]
The 1981 census recorded Lakhapur as having a population of 1,233 people, in 327 households, and having an area of 248.88 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[5]
The 1991 census recorded Lakhapur as having a total population of 1,480 people (723 male and 757 female), in 306 households and 295 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 232 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 290, or 19.6% of the total; this group was 44% male (128) and 56% female (162).[6] Members of scheduled castes made up 45.7% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 16% (200 men and 37 women).[6] 490 people were classified as main workers (396 men and 99 women), while 262 people were classified as marginal workers (18 men and 244 women); the remaining 725 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 275 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 179 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 2 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 2 household industry workers; 2 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 1 construction worker; 10 employed in trade and commerce; 3 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 22 in other services.[6]