Rustampur
Rustampur | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Map showing Rustampur (#445) in Rahi CD block | |
  Rustampur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 26°12′30″N 81°19′23″E / 26.20824°N 81.323046°E[1] | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Raebareli |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.236 km2 (1.249 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 4,546 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC 5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UP-35 |
Rustampur is a village in Rahi block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 7 km from Rae Bareli, the district headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a total population of 4,546 people, in 843 households.[2] It has one primary school and one primary health centre.[2] It serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 12 other villages.[4]
Rustampur hosts a Shivratri festival dedicated to the worship of Shiva on Phalguna Badi 13.[5] Vendors bring toys, sweets, and various everyday items to sell at the festival.[5] The village also hosts a haat twice per week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and which mostly involves trade in cattle and leather goods.[5]
The 1951 census recorded Rustampur as comprising 14 hamlets, with a total population of 1,505 people (768 male and 737 female), in 321 households and 236 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 791 acres.[6] 98 residents were literate, 95 male and 3 female.[6] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rae Bareli North and the thana of Kotwali.[6] There was a primary school in Rustampur at that point with an attendance of 202 students as of 1 January 1951.[6]
The 1961 census recorded Rustampur as comprising 14 hamlets, with a total population of 1,760 people (884 male and 876 female), in 363 households and 357 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 791 acres.[5] Average attendance of the Shivratri festival was about 500 people, and attendance for the twice-weekly haat was about 600.[5]
The 1981 census recorded Rustampur as having a population of 2,615 people, in 485 households, and having an area of 322.55 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[3]
The 1991 census recorded Rustampur as having a total population of 2,999 people (1,611 male and 1,388 female), in 578 households and 567 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 326 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 528, or 18% of the total; this group was 54% male (285) and 46% female (243).[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 857, or 28.5% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 28% (659 men and 188 women).[4] 1,103 people were classified as main workers (861 men and 242 women), while 4 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 1,892 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 730 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 220 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 6 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 29 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 20 construction workers; 41 employed in trade and commerce; 11 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 46 in other services.[4]
References
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- ^ a b c d e "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census 2011 India. pp. 219–43. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ a b c Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 90–1. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli (PDF). 1992. pp. xxiv–xxviii, 128–9. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. 168–9, 173, xlvi-xlvii of section "Rae Bareli Tahsil". Retrieved 10 August 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c d e Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (42 - Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 152–3, 211. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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