Raipur, Akhand Nagar Explained

Raipur
Other Name:Rāipur
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Uttar Pradesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:26.2426°N 82.6266°W[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Uttar Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:Division
Subdivision Name2:Faizabad division
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Sultanpur
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:2.702
Population Total:1738
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi, Urdu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30

Raipur is a village in Akhand Nagar block of Kadipur tehsil in Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,738 people, in 307 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and it does not host a regular market or a weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Sajampur.

The 1951 census recorded Raipur as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 690 people (365 male and 325 female), in 132 households and 122 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 673 acres.[3] 46 residents were literate, 44 male and 2 female.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Aldemau and the thana of Dostpur.[3]

The 1961 census recorded Raipur as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 768 people (371 male and 397 female), in 142 households and 133 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 673 acres.[4]

The 1981 census recorded Raipur as having a population of 1,111 people, in 186 households, and having an area of 272.77 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[5]

The 1991 census recorded Raipur (as "Raypur") as having a total population of 1,399 people (710 male and 689 female), in 320 households and 286 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 270.01 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 294, or 21% of the total; this group was 49% male (144) and 51% female (150).[6] Members of scheduled castes numbered 676, or 48% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 32% (247 men and 107 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[6] 494 people were classified as main workers (332 men and 162 women), while 32 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 873 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 299 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 187 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 0 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 0 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 1 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 7 in other services.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geonames Search. Do a radial search using these coordinates here .
  2. Web site: Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Sultanpur, Part A (Village and Town Directory) . 539–56 . Census 2011 India. 13 November 2021.
  3. Book: Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (49 - Rae Bareli District) . 1955 . Allahabad . 120–1 . 28 November 2021.
  4. Book: Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) . 1965 . Lucknow . cxxxxli-cxxxlii . 28 November 2021.
  5. Book: Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli . 1982 . 284–5 . 28 November 2021.
  6. Book: Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli . 1992 . xxiv-xxviii, 324–5 . 28 November 2021.