Village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Raghunathpur is a village in Rahi block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 11 km from Rae Bareli, the district headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,217 people, in 207 households.[2] The village has one primary school, no medical facilities and does not host a weekly haat or a permanent market.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Bhadokhar.[4]
The 1951 census recorded Raghunathpur as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 441 people (229 male and 212 female), in 92 households and 81 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 415 acres.[5] 12 residents were literate, all male.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rae Bareli South and the thana of Kotwali.[5]
The 1961 census recorded Raghunathpur as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 459 people (253 male and 206 female), in 92 households and 88 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 415 acres.[6]
The 1981 census recorded Raghunathpur as having a population of 682 people, in 123 households, and having an area of 167.55 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[3]
The 1991 census recorded Raghunathpur as having a total population of 863 people (470 male and 393 female), in 146 households and 143 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 168 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 200, or 23% of the total; this group was 57% male (113) and 43% female (87).[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 176, or 20% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 34% (241 men and 50 women).[4] 186 people were classified as main workers (181 men and 5 women), while 203 people were classified as marginal workers (32 men and 171 women); the remaining 274 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 97 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 16 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 7 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 1 household industry workers; 12 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 22 construction workers; 1 employed in trade and commerce; 7 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 23 in other services.[4]
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