Sarai Manik

Sarai Manik Sarāi Mānik
Village
Map showing Sarai Manik (#321) in Dih CD block
26°05′48″N 81°25′17″E / 26.096777°N 81.421509°E / 26.096777; 81.421509[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	5.735 km2 (2.214 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	4,433
• Density	770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Sarai Manik is a village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 23 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 4,433 people, in 878 households.^[2] It has two primary schools. However, the village has no healthcare facilities, permanent market or weekly haat.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Dih.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Sarai Manik as comprising 18 hamlets, with a total population of 1,607 people (811 male and 796 female), in 346 households and 320 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 1,447 acres.^[5] 27 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 Sarai Manik as comprising 21 hamlets, with a total population of 1,776 people (925 male and 851 female), in 362 households and 362 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 1,448 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Sarai Manik as having a population of 2,484 people, in 583 households, and having an area of 577.10 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and bajra.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Sarai Manik as having a total population of 2,825 people (1,521 male and 1,304 female), in 614 households and 604 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 576 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 648, or 23% of the total; this group was 50% male (323) and 50% female (325).^[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 14% (348 men and 54 women).^[4] 1,386 people were classified as main workers (902 men and 484 women), while 138 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 1,301 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 1,155 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 196 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.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 5 household industry workers; 19 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 5 construction workers; 6 employed in trade and commerce; 1 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 21 in other services.^[4]

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