Rashidpur, Raebareli
Rashidpur is a village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 28 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,633 people, in 300 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, as well as a sub post office, and it does not host a permanent market or a weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Atawan.[4] The 1951 census recorded Rashidpur as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 785 people (385 male and 400 female), in 155 households and 150 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 823 acres.[5] 42 residents were literate, all male.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Parshadepur and the thana of Salon.[5] The 1961 census recorded Rashidpur as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 772 people (348 male and 424 female), in 162 households and 158 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 823 acres.[6] The 1981 census recorded Rashidpur as having a population of 963 people, in 97 households, and having an area of 384.45 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[3] The 1991 census recorded Rashidpur (as "Rasidpur") as having a total population of 1,089 people (597 male and 492 female), in 211 households and 211 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 336 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 178, or 16% of the total; this group was 61% male (108) and 39% female (70).[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 26% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 26% (224 men and 61 women).[4] 413 people were classified as main workers (318 men and 95 women), while 1 person were classified as marginal workers (a woman); the remaining 675 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 297 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 105 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; 1 household industry worker; 0 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 1 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 8 in other services.[4] References
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