Sarojininagar, also spelled Sarojani Nagar, is a community development block in Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] It is part of the tehsil of Lucknow and it includes 90 villages.[1] As of 2011, its population was 224,045, in 40,923 households.[1]
Sarojininagar is also the name of two wards of Lucknow, together making up 32 mohallas of the city.[2]
As of 2011, the sex ratio of Sarojininagar block is 903 females for every 1000 males, with 53% of block residents (117,745) being male and 47% (106,300) being female.[1] The sex ratio in the 0-6 age group was 920.[1] Members of scheduled castes made up 37.2% of the Sarojininagar block population, and members of scheduled tribes made up 0.11%.[1] The literacy rate of Sarojininagar block in 2011 was 73.0% (81.1% among males and 64.1% among females).[1]
In 2011, Sarojininagar block's workforce consisted of 74,661 people (33.3% of the overall block population).[1] More men (59,508, or 50.5%) were workers than women (15,153, or 14.3%).[1] A plurality of workers were employed in agriculture — 23.53% were cultivators who owned or leased their own land, and another 26.26% were agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for wages.[1] A further 6.25% were household industry workers, and the remaining 43.96% were other workers.[1]
The 1961 census recorded Sarojininagar block as having a total population of 107,880 people (57,375 male and 50,505 female), in 22,327 households and 22,022 physical houses.[3]
The 1981 census recorded Sarojininagar as the most heavily industrialised of Lucknow district's development blocks, with 56 registered industrial firms.[4] At the time, it comprised 106 villages, including 94 gram sabhas and 13 nyaya panchayats.[4]
Sarojininagar block covers an area of 30,526.9 hectares, of which 58.2% (17,770.8 hectares, not counting fallow land) is farmland as of 2011.[1] Most of this farmland is irrigated: 16,054.8 hectares, or 90.3% as of the same year.[1] Irrigation is mostly by tanks or lakes.[1] Areas under non-agricultural use made up 3,537.4 hectares as of 2011, or about 11.6% of the total land area.[1] Land considered barren and unsuitable for cultivation covered 1219 hectares.[1] As of 2011, 1,027 hectares in this block are covered by forests.[1]
Sarojininagar block comprises the following 90 villages:[1]
| Village name | Total land area (hectares) | Population (in 2011) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 588.4 | 4,987 | ||
| 190.6 | 1,457 | ||
| 402.6 | 3,886 | ||
| 184.2 | 1,912 | ||
| 164.9 | 1,453 | ||
| 503.4 | 588 | ||
| 338.1 | 1,511 | ||
| 142.5 | 952 | ||
| 293.6 | 1,240 | ||
| 462.4 | 3,638 | ||
| 156.2 | 1,420 | ||
| 317.8 | 1,942 | ||
| 83.7 | 684 | ||
| 1,298.6 | 4,336 | ||
| 612 | 3,365 | ||
| 243.2 | 1,573 | ||
| 326.2 | 2,565 | ||
| 827.6 | 2,301 | ||
| 156 | 941 | ||
| 462 | 1,858 | ||
| 322.2 | 1,789 | ||
| 976.6 | 5,052 | ||
| 210.7 | 1,746 | ||
| 223.4 | 1,918 | ||
| 285.6 | 2,180 | ||
| 304.5 | 2,596 | ||
| 166.6 | 1,161 | ||
| 199.2 | 1,178 | ||
| 282.8 | 2,446 | ||
| 121.4 | 462 | ||
| 122.7 | 787 | ||
| 92.3 | 386 | ||
| 40.8 | 350 | ||
| 1,020 | 7,851 | ||
| 302.8 | 3,263 | ||
| 981.3 | 7,131 | ||
| 424.5 | 3,817 | ||
| 260.5 | 1,096 | ||
| 243.9 | 1,604 | ||
| 250.4 | 2,258 | ||
| 125.9 | 1,406 | ||
| 527.6 | 3,639 | ||
| 248.6 | 1,081 | ||
| 636.2 | 4,520 | ||
| 252.9 | 2,328 | ||
| 183.5 | 1,741 | ||
| 182.3 | 2,050 | ||
| 703.8 | 10,989 | ||
| 304.7 | 4,656 | ||
| 679.8 | 5,091 | ||
| 751.6 | 14,105 | ||
| 131.2 | 536 | ||
| 127.8 | 772 | ||
| 258.4 | 2,202 | ||
| 122.9 | 1,272 | ||
| 327 | 1,204 | ||
| 242.4 | 2,057 | ||
| 144.8 | 932 | ||
| 131.6 | 782 | ||
| 725.2 | 4,640 | ||
| 43.9 | 454 | ||
| 151.1 | 1,749 | ||
| 178.2 | 1,314 | ||
| 107.7 | 846 | ||
| 292.9 | 1,963 | ||
| 194.2 | 2,842 | ||
| 518.5 | 2,679 | ||
| 470.2 | 1,280 | ||
| 342 | 1,405 | ||
| 161.5 | 924 | ||
| 177.8 | 1,160 | ||
| 565.2 | 2,806 | ||
| 1,172.3 | 5,833 | ||
| 921 | 5,341 | ||
| 481.1 | 2,280 | ||
| 312.6 | 2,963 | ||
| 139.5 | 827 | ||
| 167.2 | 1,531 | ||
| 248.3 | 2,665 | ||
| 61.4 | 983 | ||
| 122.5 | 1,197 | ||
| 84.8 | 3,627 | ||
| 284.3 | 3,668 | ||
| 224.4 | 1,497 | ||
| 203.2 | 922 | ||
| 444.2 | 3,427 | ||
| 124.4 | 1,392 | ||
| 210.9 | 2,338 | ||
| 210.5 | 2,210 | ||
| 516.7 | 4,329 |