Sajampur
Village in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Sajampur is a village in Akhand Nagar block of Kadipur tehsil in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] As of 2011, it has a population of 1,749 people, in 246 households.[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities and it does not host a regular market or a weekly haat.[2] It serves as the seat of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 13 other villages.[3]
Sajampur | |
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Village | |
Map showing Sajampur (#192) in Akhand Nagar CD block | |
  Sajampur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 26.229484°N 82.642347°E[1] | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Faizabad division |
| District | Sultanpur |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.758 km2 (1.065 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,749 |
| • Density | 634.2/km2 (1,642/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
The 1951 census recorded Sajampur as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 582 people (289 male and 293 female), in 80 households and 72 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 734 acres.[4] 25 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 Sajampur as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 602 people (294 male and 308 female), in 101 households and 95 physical houses.[5] The area of the village was given as 734 acres.[5]
The 1981 census recorded Sajampur as having a population of 871 people, in 141 households, and having an area of 297.05 hectares.[6] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[6]
The 1991 census recorded Sajampur as having a total population of 1,192 people (611 male and 581 female), in 162 households and 135 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was listed as 278.00 hectares.[3] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 316, or 26.5% of the total; this group was 59% male (188) and 41% female (128).[3] No members of scheduled castes or scheduled tribes were recorded.[3] The literacy rate of the village was 41% (280 men and 76 women, counting only people age 7 and up).[3] 431 people were classified as main workers (283 men and 148 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 761 residents were non-workers.[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 201 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 163 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; 9 household industry workers; 4 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 2 construction workers; 21 employed in trade and commerce; 3 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 28 in other services.[3]