Rustampur

Rustampur is a village in Rahi block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 7 km from Rae Bareli, the district headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a total population of 4,546 people, in 843 households.[2] It has one primary school and one primary health centre.[2] It serves as the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 12 other villages.[4]

Rustampur
Village
Map showing Rustampur (#445) in Rahi CD block
Rustampur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26.20824°N 81.323046°E / 26.20824; 81.323046[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	3.236 km2 (1.249 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	4,546
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Rustampur hosts a Shivratri festival dedicated to the worship of Shiva on Phalguna Badi 13.[5] Vendors bring toys, sweets, and various everyday items to sell at the festival.[5] The village also hosts a haat twice per week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and which mostly involves trade in cattle and leather goods.[5]

The 1951 census recorded Rustampur as comprising 14 hamlets, with a total population of 1,505 people (768 male and 737 female), in 321 households and 236 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 791 acres.[6] 98 residents were literate, 95 male and 3 female.[6] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rae Bareli North and the thana of Kotwali.[6] There was a primary school in Rustampur at that point with an attendance of 202 students as of 1 January 1951.[6]

The 1961 census recorded Rustampur as comprising 14 hamlets, with a total population of 1,760 people (884 male and 876 female), in 363 households and 357 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 791 acres.[5] Average attendance of the Shivratri festival was about 500 people, and attendance for the twice-weekly haat was about 600.[5]

The 1981 census recorded Rustampur as having a population of 2,615 people, in 485 households, and having an area of 322.55 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[3]

The 1991 census recorded Rustampur as having a total population of 2,999 people (1,611 male and 1,388 female), in 578 households and 567 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 326 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 528, or 18% of the total; this group was 54% male (285) and 46% female (243).[4] Members of scheduled castes numbered 857, or 28.5% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 28% (659 men and 188 women).[4] 1,103 people were classified as main workers (861 men and 242 women), while 4 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 1,892 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 730 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 220 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; 0 household industry workers; 29 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 20 construction workers; 41 employed in trade and commerce; 11 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 46 in other services.[4]