Birpur, Raebareli

Birpur Bīrpur
Village
Map showing Birpur (#422) in Chhatoh CD block
26°05′05″N 81°31′49″E / 26.084773°N 81.530301°E / 26.084773; 81.530301[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	0.344 km2 (0.133 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	493
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Birpur is a village in Chhatoh block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 9 km from Salon, which is the tehsil headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, Birpur has a population of 493 people, in 103 households.^[2] It has no schools and no healthcare facilities, and it does not host a permanent market or a weekly haat.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Bara.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Birpur as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 296 people (149 male and 147 female), in 73 households and 70 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 186 acres.^[5] 7 residents were literate, all male.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Parshadepur and the thana of Salon.^[5] As of that year, Birpur had a primary school with 32 students.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Birpur as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 476 people (215 male and 261 female), in 66 households and 56 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 186 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Birpur as having a population of 328 people, in 97 households, and having an area of 75.68 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Birpur as having a total population of 403 people (205 male and 198 female), in 93 households and 92 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 71 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 105, or 26.1% of the total; this group was 52% male (55) and 48% female (50).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 26.1% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 19% (71 men and 4 women).^[4] 97 people were classified as main workers (90 men and 7 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 306 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 60 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 31 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; 2 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 3 in other services.^[4]

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