Ram Khera

Ram Khera Rām Khera
Village
Map showing Ram Khera (#639) in Sareni CD block
26°10′41″N 80°48′29″E / 26.177974°N 80.808152°E / 26.177974; 80.808152[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	1.008 km2 (0.389 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	896
• Density	890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Ram Khera is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 20 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 896 people, in 170 households.^[2] It has two primary schools and no healthcare facilities.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Rasulpur.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Ram Khera as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 387 people (213 male and 174 female), in 80 households and 71 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 250 acres.^[5] 16 residents were literate, 15 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 Ram Khera as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 459 people (236 male and 223 female), in 83 households and 78 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 250 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Ram Khera as having a population of 483 people, in 95 households, and having an area of 102.50 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Ram Khera as having a total population of 666 people (329 male and 337 female), in 118 households and 118 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 99 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 132, or 20% of the total; this group was 52% male (69) and 48% female (63).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 25% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 29% (146 men and 52 women).^[4] 237 people were classified as main workers (148 men and 89 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 564 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 66 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 144 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.; 1 in mining and quarrying; 2 household industry workers; 7 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 1 construction worker; 1 employed in trade and commerce; 1 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 12 in other services.^[4]

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