Rashidpur, Raebareli

Rashidpur Rashīdpur
Village
Map showing Rashidpur (#351) in Dih CD block
26°06′45″N 81°28′25″E / 26.112521°N 81.473674°E / 26.112521; 81.473674[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	9.115 km2 (3.519 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,633
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	229129[2]
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Rashidpur is a village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 28 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,633 people, in 300 households.^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, as well as a sub post office, and it does not host a permanent market or a weekly haat.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Atawan.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Rashidpur as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 785 people (385 male and 400 female), in 155 households and 150 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 823 acres.^[5] 42 residents were literate, all male.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Parshadepur and the thana of Salon.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Rashidpur as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 772 people (348 male and 424 female), in 162 households and 158 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 823 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Rashidpur as having a population of 963 people, in 97 households, and having an area of 384.45 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Rashidpur (as "Rasidpur") as having a total population of 1,089 people (597 male and 492 female), in 211 households and 211 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 336 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 178, or 16% of the total; this group was 61% male (108) and 39% female (70).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 26% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 26% (224 men and 61 women).^[4] 413 people were classified as main workers (318 men and 95 women), while 1 person were classified as marginal workers (a woman); the remaining 675 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 297 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 105 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; 1 household industry worker; 0 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 8 in other services.^[4]

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