Village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Raipur Maheri is a village in Rahi block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 10 km from Rae Bareli, the district headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,753 people, in 314 households.[2] It has one primary school, no medical facilities and does not host a weekly haat or a permanent market.[2] The village belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Bhadokhar.[4]
The 1951 census recorded Raipur Maheri as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 657 people (333 male and 324 female), in 147 households and 134 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 545 acres.[5] 40 residents were literate, 32 male and 8 female.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rae Bareli South and the thana of Jagatpur.[5]
The 1961 census recorded Raipur Maheri as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 725 people (359 male and 366 female), in 158 households and 153 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 545 acres.[6]
The 1981 census recorded Raipur Maheri (as "Raepur Maheri") as having a population of 1,019 people, in 191 households, and having an area of 217.73 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[3]
The 1991 census recorded Raipur Maheri (as "Rampur Maheri") as having a total population of 1,237 people (627 male and 610 female), in 233 households and 233 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 216 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 231, or 19% of the total; this group was 50% male (115) and 50% female (116).[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 239, or 19% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 30.5% (322 men and 56 women).[4] 356 people were classified as main workers (315 men and 41 women), while 136 people were classified as marginal workers (10 men and 126 women); the remaining 745 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 238 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 64 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 1 worker in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 9 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 1 construction worker; 6 employed in trade and commerce; 8 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 29 in other services.[4]
References