Map of Sikandarpur Sarausi CD block

Sikandarpur Sarausi is a community development block in Unnao tehsil of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[1] It consists of 96 rural villages, with a total population of 185,779 people.^[1]

Historically, there was a pargana of Sarosi, which was created during the reign of Akbar in the 1500s.^[2] The pargana was later renamed Sikandarpur after another one of its main villages; C.A. Elliott wrote in 1862 that the name change had "recently become habitual" then.^[2]

The present block was inaugurated on 1 October 1961 in order to oversee implementation of India's Five-Year Plans at a local and rural level.^[3] It was one of two blocks in the district (the other being Safipur) that was selected for implementation of the applied nutrition programme.^[3] Sikandarpur, the old pargana's namesake, was chosen as the block headquarters.^[3]

Demographics

As of 2011, Sikandarpur Sarausi CD block has a population of 185,779 people, in 36,202 households.^[1] This population includes 98,687 males and 87,092 females.^[1] The corresponding sex ratio of 883 females to every 1000 males is lower than the district rural average of 906.^[1] About 14.4% of the block's population is in the 0-6 age group as of 2011.^[1] The sex ratio of this group is 931, which is higher than the rural average of 923 for Unnao district.^[1] Members of Scheduled Castes make up 26.5% of the block's population, the lowest proportion among the district's 16 CD blocks, and members of Scheduled Tribes make up 0.02%.^[1] The literacy rate of Sikandarpur Sarausi block is 61.9% (counting only people age 7 and up); literacy is higher among men and boys (70.0%) than among women and girls (52.6%).^[1] Among Scheduled Castes, the literacy rate is 55.2% — 63.6% among men and boys, and 45.7% among women and girls.^[1] The 17.8% gender literacy gap among this group is the lowest among the blocks in Unnao district.^[1]

In terms of employment, 24.9% of Sikandarpur Sarausi block residents were classified as main workers (i.e. people employed for at least 6 months per year) in 2011.^[1] Marginal workers (i.e. people employed for less than 6 months per year) made up 11.2%, and the remaining 63.9% were non-workers.^[1] Employment status varied significantly according to gender, with 52.9% of men being either main or marginal workers, compared to only 17.0% of women.^[1]

Agriculture is the predominant source of employment in Sikandarpur Sarausi block: 36.6% of the block's workers were cultivators who owned or leased their own land as of 2011, and a further 32.1% were agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for wages.^[1] Another 3.8% were counted as household industry workers, and the remaining 27.5% were other workers.^[1]

Villages

Sikandarpur Sarausi CD block has the following 96 villages:^[1]

References