Domapur

Domapur Domāpur
Village
Map showing Domapur (#988) in Maharajganj CD block
26°22′26″N 81°21′22″E / 26.37401°N 81.356143°E / 26.37401; 81.356143[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	3.679 km2 (1.420 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	2,254
• Density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Domapur is a village in Maharajganj block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] As of 2011, its population is 2,254, in 404 households.^[2] It has two primary schools and no healthcare facilities.^[2] It is located 10 km from Maharajganj, the block headquarters.^[3] The main staple foods are wheat and rice.^[3] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Chandapur.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Domapur (as "Domanpur") as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 904 people (473 male and 431 female), in 83 households and 74 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 950 acres.^[5] 28 residents were literate, 26 male and 2 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Simrauta and the thana of Maharajganj.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Domapur (as "Domanpur") as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 1,036 people (520 male and 516 female), in 209 households and 200 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 950 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Domapur (as "Domanpur") as having a population of 1,419 people, in 273 households, and having an area of 381.22 hectares.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Domapur as having a total population of 1,647 people (854 male and 793 female), in 309 households and 309 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 379 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 339, or 21% of the total; this group was 53% male (178) and 47% female (161).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 31% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 14% (171 men and 53 women).^[4] 464 people were classified as main workers (448 men and 16 women), while 319 people were classified as marginal workers (10 men and 309 women); the remaining 864 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 355 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 63 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 2 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 7 household industry workers; 5 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 18 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 14 in other services.^[4]

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