Rasulpur, Sareni

Rasulpur Rasūlpur
Village
Map showing Rasulpur (#640) in Sareni CD block
26°10′24″N 80°47′33″E / 26.173216°N 80.792378°E / 26.173216; 80.792378[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	1.279 km2 (0.494 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,343
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Rasulpur is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 19 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, Rasulpur has a population of 1,343 people, in 257 households.^[2] It has two primary schools and no healthcare facilities.^[2] Rasulpur serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 12 other villages.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Rasulpur as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 738 people (379 male and 359 female), in 145 households and 113 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 330 acres.^[5] 36 residents were literate, 25 male and 11 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Rasulpur as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 841 people (417 male and 424 female), in 155 households and 128 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 330 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Rasulpur as having a population of 1,084 people, in 181 households, and having an area of 128.69 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Rasulpur as having a total population of 1,236 people (598 male and 638 female), in 196 households and 196 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 130 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 183, or 15% of the total; this group was 52% male (95) and 48% female (88).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 15% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 51% (388 men and 238 women).^[4] 381 people were classified as main workers (289 men and 92 women), while 3 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 851 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 198 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 84 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.; 4 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 11 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 34 employed in trade and commerce; 1 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 49 in other services.^[4]

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