Raipur, Sareni

RaeRae Rāipur
Village
Map showing Raipur (#730) in Sareni CD block
26°06′39″N 80°48′38″E / 26.110897°N 80.810637°E / 26.110897; 80.810637[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	2.044 km2 (0.789 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,672
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Raipur is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 21 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,672 people, in 408 households.^[2] It serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 11 other villages.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Raipur as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 641 people (319 male and 322 female), in 137 households and 107 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 512 acres.^[5] 76 residents were literate, 75 male and 1 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Raipur as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 868 people (408 male and 460 female), in 142 households and 123 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 512 acres and it had a medical practitioner at that point.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Raipur as having a population of 1,061 people, in 206 households, and having an area of 209.22 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Raipur as having a total population of 1,051 people (526 male and 525 female), in 209 households and 209 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 208 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 132, or 13% of the total; this group was 55% male (72) and 45% female (60).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 33% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 51% (346 men and 189 women).^[4] 321 people were classified as main workers (245 men and 76 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 730 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 190 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 75 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 1 worker in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 10 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 10 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 35 in other services.^[4]

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