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Khargapur, Raebareli
Khargapur is a village in Khiron block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 13 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 2,246 people, in 397 households.[2] It has 1 primary school, no healthcare facilities and does not host a weekly haat or a permanent market.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Bakuliha.[4] The 1951 census recorded Khargapur as comprising 5 hamlets, with a population of 753 people (422 male and 331 female), in 150 households and 149 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 470 acres.[5] 81 residents were literate, 76 male and 5 female.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Khiron and the thana of Gurbakhshganj.[5] The 1961 census recorded Khargapur as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 942 people (495 male and 447 female), in 185 households and 167 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 470 acres.[6] The 1981 census recorded Khargapur as having a population of 1,279 people, in 232 households, and having an area of 195.46 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.[3] The 1991 census recorded Khargapur as having a total population of 1,466 people (742 male and 724 female), in 261 households and 261 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 196 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 286, or 19.5% of the total; this group was 52% male (148) and 48% female (138).[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 252, or 17% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 25% (275 men and 97 women).[4] 483 people were classified as main workers (365 men and 118 women), while 56 people were classified as marginal workers (3 men and 53 women); the remaining 927 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 378 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 66 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; 7 household industry workers; 4 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 5 employed in trade and commerce; 3 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 14 in other services.[4] References
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