Village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Deopur is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 21 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,737 people, in 302 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Rasulpur.[4]
The 1951 census recorded Deopur as comprising 6 hamlets, with a total population of 741 people (370 male and 371 female), in 131 households and 112 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 356 acres.[5] 38 residents were literate, 37 male and 1 female.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.[5]
The 1961 census recorded Deopur as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 830 people (410 male and 420 female), in 148 households and 121 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 356 acres.[6]
The 1981 census recorded Deopur as having a population of 1,085 people, in 189 households, and having an area of 145.96 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.[3]
The 1991 census recorded Deopur as having a total population of 1,166 people (570 male and 596 female), in 197 households and 197 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 144 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 234, or 20% of the total; this group was 48% male (112) and 52% female (122).[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 28% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 34% (283 men and 109 women).[4] 236 people were classified as main workers (230 men and 6 women), while 7 people were classified as marginal workers (5 men and 2 women); the remaining 923 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 211 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 5 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 1 worker in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 3 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 1 construction worker; 4 employed in trade and commerce; 1 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 10 in other services.[4]
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