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Sarojaninagar

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Map of Sarojaninagar CD block

Sarojininagar, also spelled Sarojani Nagar, is a community development block in Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] It is part of the tehsil of Lucknow and it includes 90 villages.[1] As of 2011, its population was 224,045, in 40,923 households.[1]

Sarojininagar is also the name of two wards of Lucknow, together making up 32 mohallas of the city.[2]

Demographics

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As of 2011, the sex ratio of Sarojininagar block is 903 females for every 1000 males, with 53% of block residents (117,745) being male and 47% (106,300) being female.[1] The sex ratio in the 0-6 age group was 920.[1] Members of scheduled castes made up 37.2% of the Sarojininagar block population, and members of scheduled tribes made up 0.11%.[1] The literacy rate of Sarojininagar block in 2011 was 73.0% (81.1% among males and 64.1% among females).[1]

In 2011, Sarojininagar block's workforce consisted of 74,661 people (33.3% of the overall block population).[1] More men (59,508, or 50.5%) were workers than women (15,153, or 14.3%).[1] A plurality of workers were employed in agriculture — 23.53% were cultivators who owned or leased their own land, and another 26.26% were agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for wages.[1] A further 6.25% were household industry workers, and the remaining 43.96% were other workers.[1]

Demographic history

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The 1961 census recorded Sarojininagar block as having a total population of 107,880 people (57,375 male and 50,505 female), in 22,327 households and 22,022 physical houses.[3]

The 1981 census recorded Sarojininagar as the most heavily industrialised of Lucknow district's development blocks, with 56 registered industrial firms.[4] At the time, it comprised 106 villages, including 94 gram sabhas and 13 nyaya panchayats.[4]

Land use

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Sarojininagar block covers an area of 30,526.9 hectares, of which 58.2% (17,770.8 hectares, not counting fallow land) is farmland as of 2011.[1] Most of this farmland is irrigated: 16,054.8 hectares, or 90.3% as of the same year.[1] Irrigation is mostly by tanks or lakes.[1] Areas under non-agricultural use made up 3,537.4 hectares as of 2011, or about 11.6% of the total land area.[1] Land considered barren and unsuitable for cultivation covered 1219 hectares.[1] As of 2011, 1,027 hectares in this block are covered by forests.[1]

Villages

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Sarojininagar block comprises the following 90 villages:[1]

Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011)
Maunda 588.4 4,987
Dhighiya 190.6 1,457
Sadrauna 402.6 3,886
Pyare Pur 184.2 1,912
Kaliya Khera 164.9 1,453
Alinagar Sonhara 503.4 588
Anora 338.1 1,511
Samda Khera 142.5 952
Palenhada 293.6 1,240
Behta 462.4 3,638
Khurrampur 156.2 1,420
Chakoli 317.8 1,942
Andhpur Umrao 83.7 684
Piparsand 1,298.6 4,336
Lonha 612 3,365
Bhadoi 243.2 1,573
Mavaipadhiyana 326.2 2,565
Amavan 827.6 2,301
Ramdas Pur 156 941
Sahijanpur 462 1,858
Godoli 322.2 1,789
Ain 976.6 5,052
Nanmau 210.7 1,746
Sadulla Nagar 223.4 1,918
Terwa 285.6 2,180
Narainpur 304.5 2,596
Darab Nagar 166.6 1,161
Saidpur Puhri 199.2 1,178
Haroni 282.8 2,446
Hulas Khera 121.4 462
Bhatgoan Pande 122.7 787
Mirzapur Lutova 92.3 386
Bahdanamau 40.8 350
Rahimnagar Padhiyana 1,020 7,851
Latif Nagar 302.8 3,263
Bhat Goan 981.3 7,131
Garhi Chunoti 424.5 3,817
Andhpurdev 260.5 1,096
Aorava 243.9 1,604
Ramchora 250.4 2,258
Dadoopur 125.9 1,406
Khandedev 527.6 3,639
Bhokapur 248.6 1,081
Benti 636.2 4,520
Sarai Sahjadi 252.9 2,328
Bani 183.5 1,741
Pahar Pur 182.3 2,050
Banthra Sikander Pur 703.8 10,989
Miranpur Pinvat 304.7 4,656
Natkur 679.8 5,091
Bijnor 751.6 14,105
Rasoolpur Iduria 131.2 536
Alinagar Khurd 127.8 772
Ashraf Nagar 258.4 2,202
Ahmadpur Urf Kamlapur 122.9 1,272
Noorpur Bhadarsa 327 1,204
Chandraval 242.4 2,057
Saraiya 144.8 932
Shahpur Majhgaon 131.6 782
Kuroni 725.2 4,640
Jahanabad 43.9 454
Kishunpur Kodia 151.1 1,749
Khasarwara 178.2 1,314
Dhawapur Khasarwara 107.7 846
Bibipur 292.9 1,963
Memora 194.2 2,842
Neeva 518.5 2,679
Khatola 470.2 1,280
Makhdoompur Kaithi 342 1,405
Ratoli 161.5 924
Bhagu Khera 177.8 1,160
Jaitikhera 565.2 2,806
Mati 1,172.3 5,833
Parvar Pashchim 921 5,341
Parvar Poorab 481.1 2,280
Kalli Poorab 312.6 2,963
Birura 139.5 827
Baraulikhalilabad 167.2 1,531
Sevai 248.3 2,665
Devamau 61.4 983
Gusval Kala 122.5 1,197
Malak 84.8 3,627
Harihar Pur 284.3 3,668
Muzaffar Nagar Ghusval 224.4 1,497
Ardonamau 203.2 922
Ahmamau 444.2 3,427
Yusufnagar 124.4 1,392
Hasanpur Khevali 210.9 2,338
Nijampur Majhigaon 210.5 2,210
Barauna 516.7 4,329

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Lucknow, Part A (Village and Town Directory)". Census 2011 India. pp. 30–63, 166–183. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Ward_suchna_english" (PDF). Lucknow Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  3. ^ Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (38 - Lucknow District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1963. pp. L-Li of section "Lucknow Tehsil". Retrieved 16 June 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Lucknow (PDF). 1982. pp. 4, 6. Retrieved 16 June 2021.