Sagar Khera

Sagar Khera Sāgar Khera
Village
Map showing Sagar Khera (#785) in Sareni CD block
26°05′13″N 80°51′22″E / 26.086974°N 80.856018°E / 26.086974; 80.856018[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	2.016 km2 (0.778 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	2,102
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Sagar Khera is a village in Sareni 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 2,102 people, in 413 households.^[2] It has one primary school and a maternity and child welfare centre, and it hosts a weekly haat but not a permanent market.^[2] It is the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat, which also includes 12 other villages.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Sagar Khera as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 787 people (382 male and 405 female), in 163 households and 139 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 434 acres.^[5] 60 residents were literate, 54 male and 6 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Sagar Khera as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 935 people (447 male and 488 female), in 184 households and 166 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 434 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Sagar Khera as having a population of 1,310 people, in 228 households, and having an area of 171.59 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Sagar Khera as having a total population of 1,399 people (709 male and 690 female), in 354 households and 352 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 172 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 216, or 15% of the total; this group was 51% male (111) and 49% female (105).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 30% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 41% (394 men and 186 women).^[4] 449 people were classified as main workers (323 men and 126 women), while 175 people were classified as marginal workers (99 men and 76 women); the remaining 775 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 262 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 104 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 18 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 3 in mining and quarrying; 2 household industry workers; 1 worker employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 4 construction workers; 22 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 33 in other services.^[4]

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