Rasigaon

Rasigaon Rāsigāon
Village
Map showing Rasigaon (#763) in Sareni CD block
26°06′02″N 80°52′09″E / 26.100492°N 80.869108°E / 26.100492; 80.869108[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	2.396 km2 (0.925 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,727
• Density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Rasigaon is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,727 people, in 340 households.^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and does not host a weekly haat or a permanent market.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Malkegaon.^[3]

The 1951 census recorded Rasigaon as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 693 people (320 male and 373 female), in 124 households and 97 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was given as 601 acres.^[4] 45 residents were literate, all male.^[4] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.^[4]

The 1961 census recorded Rasigaon as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 801 people (369 male and 432 female), in 149 households and 124 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 601 acres.^[5]

The 1981 census recorded Rasigaon as having a population of 1,007 people, in 171 households, and having an area of 239.59 hectares.^[6] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.^[6]

The 1991 census recorded Rasigaon (as "Rasi Gaon") as having a total population of 1,203 people (580 male and 623 female), in 220 households and 220 physical houses.^[3] The area of the village was listed as 240 hectares.^[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 213, or 18% of the total; this group was 48% male (102) and 52% female (111).^[3] Members of scheduled castes made up 48% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[3] The literacy rate of the village was 37% (298 men and 143 women).^[3] 279 people were classified as main workers (267 men and 12 women), while 160 people were classified as marginal workers (1 man and 159 women); the remaining 764 residents were non-workers.^[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 166 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 81 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 2 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; 1 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 28 in other services.^[3]

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