Shahpur, Lalganj

Shahpur Shāhpur
Village
Map showing Shahpur (#803) in Lalganj CD block
26°10′10″N 80°55′25″E / 26.169386°N 80.923691°E / 26.169386; 80.923691[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	1.418 km2 (0.547 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	689
• Density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Shahpur is a village in Lalganj block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 8 km from Lalganj, the block and tehsil headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 689 people, in 126 households.^[2] It has 1 primary school and no healthcare facilities, and it hosts both a permanent market and a weekly haat.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Behta Kalan.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Shahpur as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 260 people (149 male and 111 female), in 58 households and 44 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 340 acres.^[5] 45 residents were literate, 41 male and 5 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Shahpur as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 324 people (168 male and 156 female), in 65 households and 54 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 340 acres and it had a medical practitioner at that point.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Shahpur as having a population of 449 people, in 83 households, and having an area of 141.64 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Shahpur as having a total population of 482 people (258 male and 224 female), in 62 households and 62 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 142 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 73, or 15% of the total; this group was 58% male (42) and 42% female (31).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 11% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 39% (130 men and 59 women).^[4] 183 people were classified as main workers (155 men and 28 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 299 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 111 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 56 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.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 10 household industry workers; 4 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 4 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 28 in other services.^[4]

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