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Raipur, Akhand Nagar

Coordinates: 26°14′33″N 82°37′36″E / 26.242576°N 82.626571°E / 26.242576; 82.626571
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Raipur
Rāipur
Village
Map showing Raipur (#185) in Akhand Nagar CD block
Map showing Raipur (#185) in Akhand Nagar CD block
Raipur is located in Uttar Pradesh
Raipur
Raipur
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°14′33″N 82°37′36″E / 26.242576°N 82.626571°E / 26.242576; 82.626571[1]
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DivisionFaizabad division
DistrictSultanpur
Area
 • Total
2.702 km2 (1.043 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
1,738
 • Density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Raipur is a village in Akhand Nagar block of Kadipur tehsil in Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,738 people, in 307 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and it does not host a regular market or a weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Sajampur.[3]

The 1951 census recorded Raipur as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 690 people (365 male and 325 female), in 132 households and 122 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 673 acres.[4] 46 residents were literate, 44 male and 2 female.[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Aldemau and the thana of Dostpur.[4]

The 1961 census recorded Raipur as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 768 people (371 male and 397 female), in 142 households and 133 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 673 acres.[5]

The 1981 census recorded Raipur as having a population of 1,111 people, in 186 households, and having an area of 272.77 hectares.[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[6]

The 1991 census recorded Raipur (as "Raypur") as having a total population of 1,399 people (710 male and 689 female), in 320 households and 286 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was listed as 270.01 hectares.[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 294, or 21% of the total; this group was 49% male (144) and 51% female (150).[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 676, or 48% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[3] The literacy rate of the village was 32% (247 men and 107 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[3] 494 people were classified as main workers (332 men and 162 women), while 32 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 873 residents were non-workers.[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 299 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 187 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; 1 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 7 in other services.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Sultanpur, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census 2011 India. pp. 539–56. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli (PDF). 1992. pp. xxiv–xxviii, 324–5. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (49 - Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 120–1. Retrieved 28 November 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. cxxxxli–cxxxlii. Retrieved 28 November 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 284–5. Retrieved 28 November 2021.