Shahpur, Lalganj

Shahpur is a village in Lalganj block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 8 km from Lalganj, the block and tehsil headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 689 people, in 126 households.[2] It has 1 primary school and no healthcare facilities, and it hosts both a permanent market and a weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Behta Kalan.[4]

Shahpur Shāhpur
Village
Map showing Shahpur (#803) in Lalganj CD block
Shahpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26.169386°N 80.923691°E / 26.169386; 80.923691[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	1.418 km2 (0.547 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	689
• Density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

The 1951 census recorded Shahpur as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 260 people (149 male and 111 female), in 58 households and 44 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 340 acres.[5] 45 residents were literate, 41 male and 5 female.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.[5]

The 1961 census recorded Shahpur as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 324 people (168 male and 156 female), in 65 households and 54 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 340 acres and it had a medical practitioner at that point.[6]

The 1981 census recorded Shahpur as having a population of 449 people, in 83 households, and having an area of 141.64 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[3]

The 1991 census recorded Shahpur as having a total population of 482 people (258 male and 224 female), in 62 households and 62 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 142 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 73, or 15% of the total; this group was 58% male (42) and 42% female (31).[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 11% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 39% (130 men and 59 women).[4] 183 people were classified as main workers (155 men and 28 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 299 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 111 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 56 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; 10 household industry workers; 4 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 4 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 28 in other services.[4]