Muradabad, Sultanpur

Muradabad Murādābād
Village
Map showing Muradabad (#190) in Akhand Nagar CD block
Muradabad Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°14′23″N 82°40′19″E / 26.23979°N 82.67192°E / 26.23979; 82.67192[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Faizabad division
District	Sultanpur
Area [2]
• Total	1.613 km2 (0.623 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,543
• Density	960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Muradabad 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 1,543 people, in 238 households.^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and it hosts both a regular market and a weekly haat.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Sajampur.^[3]

The 1951 census recorded Muradabad (as "Moradabad") as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 484 people (254 male and 230 female), in 83 households and 81 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was given as 435 acres.^[4] 55 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 Muradabad (as "Moradabad") as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 555 people (254 male and 301 female), in 93 households and 87 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 435 acres.^[5]

The 1981 census recorded Muradabad as having a population of 870 people, in 133 households, and having an area of 172.00 hectares.^[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[6]

The 1991 census recorded Muradabad as having a total population of 1,117 people (583 male and 534 female), in 143 households and 136 physical houses.^[3] The area of the village was listed as 161.10 hectares.^[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 274, or 24.5% of the total; this group was 48% male (131) and 52% female (143).^[3] Members of scheduled castes numbered 99, or 8% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[3] The literacy rate of the village was 55% (336 men and 130 women, counting only people age 7 and up).^[3] 297 people were classified as main workers (264 men and 33 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 820 residents were non-workers.^[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 165 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 70 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; 1 household industry worker; 1 worker employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 2 construction workers; 5 employed in trade and commerce; 3 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 50 in other services.^[3]