Bikapur
Bīkapur
Village
Map showing Bikapur (#342) in Dih CD block
Map showing Bikapur (#342) in Dih CD block
Bikapur is located in Uttar Pradesh
Bikapur
Bikapur
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°08′14″N 81°28′12″E / 26.137342°N 81.46994°E / 26.137342; 81.46994[1]
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictRaebareli
Area
[2]
 • Total0.537 km2 (0.207 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total502
 • Density930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationUP-35

Bikapur is a village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 27 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters.[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 502 people, in 104 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities, and it does not host a permanent market or a weekly haat.[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Khetaudhan.[4]

The 1951 census recorded Bikapur as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 204 people (108 male and 96 female), in 44 households and 41 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 131 acres.[5] 1 residents were literate, a male.[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rokha and the thana of Nasirabad.[5]

The 1961 census recorded Bikapur as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 199 people (106 male and 99 female), in 42 households and 42 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was given as 131 acres.[6]

The 1981 census recorded Bikapur as having a population of 286 people, in 159 households, and having an area of 53.02 hectares.[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[3]

The 1991 census recorded Bikapur as having a total population of 390 people (206 male and 184 female), in 80 households and 80 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was listed as 54 hectares.[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 92, or 24% of the total; this group was 64% male (59) and 36% female (33).[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 38% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[4] The literacy rate of the village was 14% (53 men and 3 women).[4] 158 people were classified as main workers (91 men and 67 women), while 1 person was classified as a marginal worker (a women); the remaining 231 residents were non-workers.[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 146 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 9 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; 0 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 3 in other services.[4]

References

  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 - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census 2011 India. pp. 393–409. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli (PDF). 1982. pp. 212–3. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  4. ^ 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, 244–5. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d Census of India, 1951: District Census Handbook Uttar Pradesh (42 - Rae Bareli District) (PDF). Allahabad. 1955. pp. 158–9. Retrieved 15 October 2021.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. pp. civ-cv of section "Salon Tahsil". Retrieved 15 October 2021.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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