| Nisgar | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.1093°N 80.7624°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: | 3.393 |
| Population Total: | 2352 |
| 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 |
Nisgar is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located on the bank of the Ganges,[3] 23 km from the tehsil headquarters at Lalganj. Nisgar is mentioned in the late 16th-century Ain-i-Akbari as the seat of a mahal in the sarkar of Lucknow.[3] It was later merged into the pargana of Sareni under the Nawabs of Awadh in the 1700s.[3]
As of 2011, Nisgar has a population of 2,352 people, in 432 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, and does not host a permanent market or a weekly haat.[2] On Kartik Purnima, the full moon during the month of Kartik, Nisgar hosts a small bathing fair in the Ganges called the Kalika fair.[3]
The 1951 census recorded Nisgar as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 1,088 people (540 male and 548 female), in 216 households and 208 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 871 acres.[4] 262 residents were literate, 193 male and 69 female.[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.[4] Nisgar had a primary school at that point, which on 1 January had 85 students in attendance.[4]
The 1961 census recorded Nisgar as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 1,282 people (621 male and 661 female), in 255 households and 226 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 871 acres,[5]
The 1981 census recorded Nisgar as having a population of 1,644 people, in 299 households, and having an area of 384.87 hectares.[6] The main staple foods were given as wheat and gram.[6]
The 1991 census recorded Nisgar Mu. as having a total population of 1,842 people (918 male and 924 female), in 298 households and 297 physical houses.[7] The area of the village was listed as 339 hectares.[7] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 338, or 18% of the total; this group was 51% male (173) and 49% female (165).[7] Members of scheduled castes made up 28% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[7] The literacy rate of the village was 35% (444 men and 199 women).[7] 544 people were classified as main workers (442 men and 102 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 1,298 residents were non-workers.[7] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 257 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 196 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; 4 household industry workers; 6 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 1 construction worker; 34 employed in trade and commerce; 3 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 42 in other services.[7]