Sumerpur, Unnao Explained

Sumerpur
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Pushpin Map:India Uttar Pradesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:26.2811°N 80.8024°W[1]
Subdivision Type:Country India
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Uttar Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Unnao
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi|Avadhi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Registration Plate:UP-35

Sumerpur is a hamlet of the village Chhanchhi Rai Khera, in Purwa tehsil of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] Located 26km south of Purwa and 50km southeast of Unnao, Sumerpur serves as the headquarters of a community development block as well as a nyaya panchayat.[2] Sumerpur block was first established on 2 October 1955 in order to oversee implementation of India's Five-Year Plans at a local and rural level.[2] As of 2011, the block comprises 148 villages and has a total population of 151,933 people in 28,469 households.[3]

Sumerpur has a library, a primary healthcare centre, an artificial insemination centre, and a veterinary hospital.[2] The main crops are wheat, barley, gram, juwar, bajra, and paddy.[2] Irrigation is provided by a canal and by wells.[2] Sumerpur is located in the historical pargana of Bihar, which is 4km to the northeast and connected to Sumerpur by an unmetalled road.[2]

Sumerpur hosts a market twice per week, on Thursdays and Sundays, with vegetables and cloth being the main items of business.[4] As of 1961, its average attendance was about 300 people.[4]

Villages

Sumerpur CD block has the following 148 villages:[3]

Village nameTotal land area (hectares)Population (in 2011)
455.8 2,395
127.3 528
149.8 548
220.2 1,242
141.4 877
599.6 4,029
234.1 521
399.8 818
160.3 845
240.8 2,905
96.2 612
82 414
748 3,948
188.3 1,350
84.5 564
84.7 856
43 330
252.3 1,693
82 536
382 2,339
116.9 696
486.1 2,107
219.5 1,439
622.6 5,952
131.7 480
79.6 651
57 1,106
60.5 203
177.2 1,150
359.7 1,490
233.4 1,437
107.7 953
123.8 1,257
235 1,320
171 989
32.6 291
348.4 2,139
97.8 299
248.5 1,492
124.5 623
84.9 671
166.9 772
96.8 555
459.5 5,364
66.1 555
86 656
55.9 340
151.2 792
91.7 403
79.6 1,213
0 4,750
309.3 1,919
671.1 3,140
215.4 1,059
661.5 3,866
68.1 781
89.1 758
121.2 626
49.8 268
185.8 1,204
55.3 44
191.8 1,346
164 985
137 473
0 173
0 507
52.7 405
84.7 96
60.8 301
93.2 686
49.6 532
116.5 475
0 656
98.1 911
138.5 908
68.7 773
255.1 457
62.9 318
84 307
76.2 513
76.2 446
228.2 1,218
290.2 1,716
367.1 2,171
96.8 469
277 1,419
53.8 300
64.5 202
36.6 291
73.3 824
129.7 1,353
214.8 834
81.9 637
200.8 1,096
105.9 1,420
432.3 2,634
121.9 777
174.2 666
208 1,586
99.7 539
80.7 354
52.2 282
92.8 1,499
268.1 1,591
132.8 1,026
76.9 254
441.7 596
247 1,773
175.1 1,349
41.2 324
174.4 1,358
119.9 735
427.7 3,181
58 624
149.7 1,003
74.2 722
171.6 1,376
150.3 29
157.2 13
70.2 0
81.9 9
75.2 0
124 0
149.1 1,512
195 0
537 381
1,319 3,030
72.4 569
5.8 0
118.8 838
35.5 257
524.8 2,778
48 156
36.8 336
37.9 493
95 841
47.8 395
20 7
60.4 463
115.2 1,598
111.3 751
103.4 1,075
24.8 371
76.9 376
365.5 2,413
218.5 0
74.9 795
413.6 0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GeoNames Search . geonames.nga.mil . 23 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140412035207/https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ . April 12, 2014 . en.
  2. Book: Baghel . Amar Singh . Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Unnao . 1979 . Government Press . Rampur . 150–2, 273 . 12 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Unnao, Part A (Village and Town Directory) . 416–41 . Census 2011 India. 12 July 2021.
  4. Book: Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (37 - Unnao District) . 1965 . Lucknow . 157 . 12 July 2021.