Dhannipur, Raebareli
Dhannipur is a village in Lalganj block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 2 km from Lalganj, the block and tehsil headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,053 people, in 160 households.[2] It has no healthcare facilities, permanent market or a weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Mubarakpur.[4] The 1951 census recorded Dhannipur as comprising 3 hamlets, with a population of 375 people (191 male and 184 female), in 81 households and 53 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 156 acres.[5] 33 residents were literate, all male.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Khiron and the thana of Sareni.[5] The 1961 census recorded Dhannipur as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 417 people (210 male and 207 female), in 81 households and 58 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 156 acres.[6] The 1981 census recorded Dhannipur as having a population of 643 people, in 93 households, and having an area of 61.91 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[3] The 1991 census recorded Dhannipur as having a total population of 753 people (393 male and 360 female), in 92 households and 92 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 62 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 110, or 15% of the total; this group was 51% male (56) and 49% female (54).[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 37% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 19% (131 men and 14 women).[4] 136 people were classified as main workers (135 men and 1 woman), while 1 person was classified as a marginal worker (a woman); the remaining 574 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 25 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 61 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.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 1 worker employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 1 construction worker; 18 employed in trade and commerce; 4 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 22 in other services.[4] References
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