Karai 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 1,399 people, in 196 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and it does not host a regular market or a weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Sajampur.[3]

Karai
Karāi
Village
Map showing Karai (#187) in Akhand Nagar CD block
Map showing Karai (#187) in Akhand Nagar CD block
Karai is located in Uttar Pradesh
Karai
Karai
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°14′48″N 82°38′16″E / 26.246541°N 82.637718°E / 26.246541; 82.637718[1]
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DivisionFaizabad division
DistrictSultanpur
Area
 • Total1.368 km2 (0.528 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total1,399
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

The 1951 census recorded Karai as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 426 people (217 male and 209 female), in 71 households and 71 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 364 acres.[4] 6 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 Karai as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 451 people (218 male and 243 female), in 79 households and 75 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 364 acres.[5]

The 1981 census recorded Karai as having a population of 766 people, in 110 households, and having an area of 147.31 hectares.[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[6]

The 1991 census recorded Karai as having a total population of 953 people (479 male and 474 female), in 127 households and 110 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was listed as 143.11 hectares.[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 217, or 23% of the total; this group was 55% male (120) and 45% female (97).[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 301, or 31.5% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[3] The literacy rate of the village was 34% (193 men and 57 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[3] 200 people were classified as main workers (199 men and 1 woman), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 753 residents were non-workers.[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 161 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 20 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; 0 household industry workers; 0 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 1 employed in trade and commerce; 17 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 1 in other services.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Sultanpur, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census 2011 India. pp. 539–56. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Census 1991 Series-25 Uttar Pradesh Part-XII B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract District Census Handbook District Raebareli (PDF). 1992. pp. xxiv–xxviii, 324–5. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (49 - Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 114–5. Retrieved 28 November 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (44 - Sultanpur District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. cxxxxli–cxxxlii. Retrieved 28 November 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 284–5. Retrieved 28 November 2021.