Sagar Khera Explained

Sagar Khera
Other Name:Sāgar Khera
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Uttar Pradesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:26.087°N 80.856°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 Km2:2.016
Population Total:2102
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

Sagar Khera is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 14 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters. As of 2011, it has a population of 2,102 people, in 413 households.[2] It has one primary school and a maternity and child welfare centre, and it hosts a weekly haat but not a permanent market.[2] It is the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat, which also includes 12 other villages.

The 1951 census recorded Sagar Khera as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 787 people (382 male and 405 female), in 163 households and 139 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 434 acres.[3] 60 residents were literate, 54 male and 6 female.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.[3]

The 1961 census recorded Sagar Khera as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 935 people (447 male and 488 female), in 184 households and 166 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 434 acres.[4]

The 1981 census recorded Sagar Khera as having a population of 1,310 people, in 228 households, and having an area of 171.59 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.[5]

The 1991 census recorded Sagar Khera as having a total population of 1,399 people (709 male and 690 female), in 354 households and 352 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 172 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 216, or 15% of the total; this group was 51% male (111) and 49% female (105).[6] Members of scheduled castes made up 30% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 41% (394 men and 186 women).[6] 449 people were classified as main workers (323 men and 126 women), while 175 people were classified as marginal workers (99 men and 76 women); the remaining 775 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 262 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 104 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 18 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 3 in mining and quarrying; 2 household industry workers; 1 worker employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 4 construction workers; 22 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 33 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. 23 October 2021.
  3. Book: Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (42 - Rae Bareli District) . 1955 . Allahabad . 118–9 . 23 October 2021.
  4. Book: Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) . 1965 . Lucknow . 174, lxxii-lxxiii of section "Dalmau Tahsil" . 23 October 2021.
  5. Book: Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli . 1982 . 148–9 . 23 October 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, 182–3 . 23 October 2021.