Musapur, Raebareli

Musapur Musāpur
Village
Map showing Musapur (#144789) in Sareni CD block
Musapur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°04′54″N 80°53′14″E / 26.081674°N 80.88716°E / 26.081674; 80.88716[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	2.92 km2 (1.13 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,944
• Density	670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Musapur is a village in Sareni block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2]

Musapur is located 15 km from Lalganj, the tehsil headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,944 people, in 340 households.^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Sagar Khera.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Musapur as comprising 6 hamlets, with a total population of 851 people (424 male and 427 female), in 157 households and 138 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 715 acres.^[5] 156 residents were literate, 138 male and 18 female.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Sareni and the thana of Sareni.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Musapur as comprising 6 hamlets, with a total population of 952 people (453 male and 499 female), in 174 households and 149 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 715 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Musapur as having a population of 1,163 people, in 218 households, and having an area of 292.99 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Musapur as having a total population of 954 people (526 male and 428 female), in 236 households and 236 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 339 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 95, or 10% of the total; this group was 65% male (62) and 35% female (33).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 40% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 48% (348 men and 108 women).^[4] 349 people were classified as main workers (278 men and 81 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 605 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 137 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 196 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; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 15 in other services.^[4]