Raipur, Sareni Explained

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Other Name:Rāipur
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Uttar Pradesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:26.1109°N 80.8106°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 Km2:2.044
Population Total:1672
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

Raipur is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 21 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters. As of 2011, it has a population of 1,672 people, in 408 households.[2] It serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 11 other villages.

The 1951 census recorded Raipur as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 641 people (319 male and 322 female), in 137 households and 107 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 512 acres.[3] 76 residents were literate, 75 male and 1 female.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.[3]

The 1961 census recorded Raipur as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 868 people (408 male and 460 female), in 142 households and 123 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 512 acres and it had a medical practitioner at that point.[4]

The 1981 census recorded Raipur as having a population of 1,061 people, in 206 households, and having an area of 209.22 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.[5]

The 1991 census recorded Raipur as having a total population of 1,051 people (526 male and 525 female), in 209 households and 209 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 208 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 132, or 13% of the total; this group was 55% male (72) and 45% female (60).[6] Members of scheduled castes made up 33% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 51% (346 men and 189 women).[6] 321 people were classified as main workers (245 men and 76 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 730 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 190 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 75 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; 0 household industry workers; 10 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 10 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 35 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 - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory) . 262–87 . Census 2011 India. 16 August 2021.
  3. Book: Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (42 - Rae Bareli District) . 1955 . Allahabad . 116–7 . 23 October 2021.
  4. Book: Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) . 1965 . Lucknow . lxxii-lxxiii of section "Dalmau Tahsil" . 16 August 2021.
  5. Book: Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli . 1982 . 144–5 . 16 August 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, 174–5 . 23 October 2021.