Khanpur Khusti

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Village
Map showing Khanpur Khusti (#585) in Khiron CD block
26°17′08″N 80°53′18″E / 26.285431°N 80.888469°E / 26.285431; 80.888469[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	1.784 km2 (0.689 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,723
• Density	970/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Khanpur Khusti is a village in Khiron block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 14 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,723 people, in 315 households.^[2] It has 1 primary school and no healthcare facilities and does not host a weekly haat or a permanent market.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Deogaon.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Khanpur Khusti as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 721 people (363 male and 358 female), in 154 households and 152 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 462 acres.^[5] 97 residents were literate, 89 male and 8 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Khiron and the thana of Gurbakshganj.^[5] Khanpur Khusti's primary school had 98 students as of 1 January of that year.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Khanpur Khusti as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 820 people (412 male and 408 female), in 167 households and 152 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 462 acres and it had a medical practitioner at the time.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Khanpur Khusti (as "Khanpur Khusthi") as having a population of 1,071 people, in 206 households, and having an area of 188.58 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Khanpur Khusti (as "Khanpur Khunti") as having a total population of 1,176 people (591 male and 585 female), in 212 households and 211 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 179 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 226, or 19% of the total; this group was 46% male (105) and 54% female (121).^[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 249, or 21% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 42% (352 men and 144 women).^[4] 410 people were classified as main workers (304 men and 106 women), while 204 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 562 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 211 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 138 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; 30 household industry workers; 0 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 2 employed in trade and commerce; 6 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 23 in other services.^[4]

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