Shaistabad Urf Bhurkushpur Explained

Shaistabad Urf Bhurkushpur
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Uttar Pradesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:26.1414°N 80.0237°W[1]
Subdivision Type:Country India
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Uttar Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Raebareli
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:2.783
Population Total:1072
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

Shaistabad Urf Bhurkushpur is a village in Lalganj block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 8 km from Lalganj, the block and tehsil headquarters. As of 2011, it has a population of 1,072 people, in 199 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, and it hosts a permanent market but not a weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Bahai.

The 1951 census recorded Shaistabad Urf Bhurkushpur (as "Shaistabad Bhurkuspur") as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 355 people (185 male and 170 female), in 70 households and 66 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 706 acres.[3] 55 residents were literate, 43 male and 11 female.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Dalmau and the thana of Dalmau.[3]

The 1961 census recorded Shaistabad Urf Bhurkushpur (as "Saistabad urf Bhurkushpur") as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 378 people (202 male and 176 female), in 76 households and 72 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 706 acres and it had a railway station, library, and medical practitioner at that point.[4]

The 1981 census recorded Shaistabad Urf Bhurkushpur (as "Saistabad Urf Baurkaspur") as having a population of 610 people, in 107 households, and having an area of 278.42 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[5]

The 1991 census recorded Shaistabad Urf Bhurkushpur as having a total population of 685 people (336 male and 349 female), in 124 households and 124 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 178 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 134, or 19.5% of the total; this group was 44% male (59) and 56% female (75).[6] Members of scheduled castes made up 24% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 29% (154 men and 47 women).[6] 148 people were classified as main workers (all men), while 108 people were classified as marginal workers (1 man and 107 women); the remaining 429 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 129 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 5 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; 0 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 14 in other services.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GeoNames Search . geonames.nga.mil . 21 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140412035207/https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ . April 12, 2014 . en.
  2. Web site: Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory) . 288–306 . Census 2011 India. 19 October 2021.
  3. Book: Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (42 - Rae Bareli District) . 1955 . Allahabad . 118–9 . 20 October 2021.
  4. Book: Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) . 1965 . Lucknow . lxxviii-lxxix of section "Dalmau Tahsil" . 20 October 2021.
  5. Book: Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli . 1982 . 156–7 . 20 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, 198–9 . 20 October 2021.