Dhanpalpur

Dhanpalpur Dhanpālpur
Village
Map showing Dhanpalpur (#747) in Sareni CD block
26°08′44″N 80°50′16″E / 26.145667°N 80.837661°E / 26.145667; 80.837661[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	2.452 km2 (0.947 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	2,552
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Dhanpalpur is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 17 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 2,552 people, in 454 households.^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, and does not host a weekly haat or a permanent market.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Sareni.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Dhanpalpur as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 884 people (432 male and 452 female), in 132 households and 168 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 591 acres.^[5] 146 residents were literate, all male.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Dhanpalpur as comprising 6 hamlets, with a total population of 1,082 people (528 male and 554 female), in 176 households and 137 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 591 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Dhanpalpur as having a population of 1,398 people, in 206 households, and having an area of 247.64 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Dhanpalpur as having a total population of 1,720 people (880 male and 840 female), in 276 households and 275 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 241 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 316, or 18% of the total; this group was 56% male (178) and 44% female (138).^[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% (467 men and 211 women).^[4] 507 people were classified as main workers (406 men and 101 women), while 51 people were classified as marginal workers (2 men and 49 women); the remaining 1,162 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 316 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 116 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.; 2 in mining and quarrying; 1 household industry worker; 9 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 9 construction workers; 19 employed in trade and commerce; 2 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 31 in other services.^[4]

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