Chaturpur

Chaturpur is a village in Chhatoh block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 36 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters.[3] As of 2011, Chaturpur has a population of 1,618 people, in 337 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, and it does not host a permanent market or a weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Chhatoh.[4]

Chaturpur
Village
Map showing Chaturpur (#401) in Chhatoh CD block
Chaturpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26.181723°N 81.508012°E / 26.181723; 81.508012[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	1.515 km2 (0.585 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,618
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

The 1951 census recorded Chaturpur as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 528 people (284 male and 244 female), in 137 households and 131 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 384 acres.[5] 7 residents were literate, all male.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rokha and the thana of Nasirabad.[5]

The 1961 census recorded Chaturpur as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 624 people (278 male and 346 female), in 156 households and 154 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 384 acres.[6]

The 1981 census recorded Chaturpur as having a population of 896 people, in 244 households, and having an area of 155.40 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[3]

The 1991 census recorded Chaturpur as having a total population of 1,127 people (604 male and 523 female), in 234 households and 233 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 152 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 181, or 16.1% of the total; this group was 49% male (89) and 51% female (92).[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 25.0% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 28% (286 men and 28 women).[4] 346 people were classified as main workers (340 men and 6 women), while 90 people were classified as marginal workers (3 men and 87 women); the remaining 691 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 239 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 99 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 0 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 0 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 0 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 8 in other services.[4]