Rakri, Punjab

Rakri contains the site of Datarpur, which was capital of the former Datarpur State.[1]^: 75 Datarpur is said to have been founded around the year 1500.[2]^: 18

Rakri was first reclassified as a non-statutory census town for the 2011 census (previously it had been designated as a village).[3]^: 10

As of 2011, Rakri had a population of 5,722, in 1,196 households. This population was 50.8% male (2,908) and 49.2% female (2,814). The 0-6 age group numbered 566 (286 male and 280 female), or 9.9% of the total population. 1,265 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 22.1% of the total.[3]^: 22–3

The 1981 census recorded Rakri as having a population of 4,270 people (2,813 male and 2,087 female), in 710 households and 710 physical houses.[4]^: 258

The 1961 census recorded Rakri (as "Rakri maruf Datarpur") with a total population of 3,029 people (1,548 male and 1,481 female), in 577 households and 577 physical houses. It then had 2 hospitals and a post office.[5]^: xxiv

Among the most important commodities produced in Rakri are shoes and wooden products. As of 2009, Rakri had 1 nationalised bank, 0 private commercial banks, 1 cooperative bank, and 1 agricultural credit society.[1]^: 406–7

As of 2011, Rakri has 1 hospital with 8 beds, 5 medicine shops, 10 schools teaching at the primary level and 3 teaching at the secondary level, and 1 public library. Water is stored in overhead tank(s), with a total capacity of 500 kilolitres. The town does not have a local fire department; the nearest one is at Talwara, 10 km away.[1]^: 403–7