Muradabad, Sultanpur

Muradabad is a village in Akhand Nagar block of Kadipur tehsil in Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,543 people, in 238 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and it hosts both a regular market and a weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Sajampur.[3]

Muradabad Murādābād
Village
Map showing Muradabad (#190) in Akhand Nagar CD block
Muradabad Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26.23979°N 82.67192°E / 26.23979; 82.67192[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Faizabad division
District	Sultanpur
Area [2]
• Total	1.613 km2 (0.623 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,543
• Density	960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

The 1951 census recorded Muradabad (as "Moradabad") as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 484 people (254 male and 230 female), in 83 households and 81 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 435 acres.[4] 55 residents were literate, all male.[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Aldemau and the thana of Dostpur.[4]

The 1961 census recorded Muradabad (as "Moradabad") as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 555 people (254 male and 301 female), in 93 households and 87 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 435 acres.[5]

The 1981 census recorded Muradabad as having a population of 870 people, in 133 households, and having an area of 172.00 hectares.[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[6]

The 1991 census recorded Muradabad as having a total population of 1,117 people (583 male and 534 female), in 143 households and 136 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was listed as 161.10 hectares.[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 274, or 24.5% of the total; this group was 48% male (131) and 52% female (143).[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 99, or 8% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[3] The literacy rate of the village was 55% (336 men and 130 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[3] 297 people were classified as main workers (264 men and 33 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 820 residents were non-workers.[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 165 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 70 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; 1 household industry worker; 1 worker employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 2 construction workers; 5 employed in trade and commerce; 3 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 50 in other services.[3]