Safipur
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Safipur
Saipur | |
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Town | |
Safipur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
Coordinates: 26°44′N 80°21′E / 26.73°N 80.35°E | |
Country India | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Unnao |
Founded by | Sai Sukul |
Named for | Makhdum Shah Safi |
Area | |
• Total | 8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi) |
Elevation | 129 m (423 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 25,688 |
• Density | 3,000/km2 (7,800/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi + Dehati |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 209871 |
Vehicle registration | UP-35 |
Safipur is a town and nagar panchayat in Unnao district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[1] Located 27 km[1] northwest[2] of the city of Unnao, Safipur serves as a tehsil headquarters[1][2] and is well-connected by roads to nearby towns.[2] Founded in the 1300s and originally called Saipur, the town's present name of Safipur is in honour of the 16th-century Muslim saint Makhdum Shah Safi, whose dargah is located here.[2] Important commodities manufactured in Safipur today include steel boxes and almirahs, furniture, and incense sticks.[1] As of 2011, Safipur's population is 25,688, in 4,288 households.[1]
History[]
Safipur was originally founded in the 1300s by a Brahmin named Sai Sukul, who was a subject of the Raja of Ugu.[2] The town was formerly called Saipur in Sai Sukul's honour; the name Saipur was still the more common name in general use as late as the early 1900s.[2] Sai Sukul supposedly died in battle in 1389 when of the Jaunpur Sultanate conquered the town.[2] Ibrahim then put his own lieutenants in charge of Saipur: Maulvi Akram, the ancestor of Makhdum Shah Safi; the paymaster Rao Mahesh Rao, whose descendants held the office of ; the risaldar Sayyid Mir, whose descendants were zamindars; and Sayyid Hasan Reza, whose descendants were taluqdars and zamindars.[2]
Maulvi Akram's great-grandson, Makhdum Shah Safi, was a religious mendicant who lived at Saipur during the 1500s.[2] When he died, he was buried here, and the town's name was changed to Safipur in his honour.[2] The mausoleum of Makhdum Shah Safi, as well as the surrounding dargah complex, was built by a follower of his named Chaudhri Khaslat Husain, who was the taluqdar of Sandila.[2] A large mosque was added to the complex in the early 1900s by Chaudhri Muhammad Azim, who was also taluqdar of Sandila.[2] Makhdum Shah Safi's dargah is the most important in Safipur, although there are several others, including those of Ifhamullah, Kudratullah, Hafizullah, and Abdullah.[2]
Safipur was mentioned as the capital of a pargana in the Ain-i-Akbari; it maintained this status into the 20th century.[2]
Two high-ranking officials under the Nawabs of Awadh, Diwan Umed Rai and Maulvi Fazl Azim, were natives of Safipur.[2] They both had various buildings constructed in the town: Diwan Umed Rai built a bazaar and a sarai, and Maulvi Fazl Azim built many wells, mosques, and an imambara.[2]
At the turn of the 20th century, Safipur was described as "a flourishing, well-built town" with a daily standing market and bazaars held twice weekly in four muhallas.[2] It contained the tehsil headquarters, a police station, a munsif's court, a dispensary, and a middle school attended by 146 students.[2]
Demographics[]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1901 | 7,949 | — |
1911 | 7,365 | −7.3% |
1921 | 6,051 | −17.8% |
1931 | 6,283 | +3.8% |
1941 | 6,920 | +10.1% |
1951 | 6,792 | −1.8% |
1961 | Not given | — |
1971 | Not given | — |
1981 | 13,728 | — |
1991 | 16,951 | +23.5% |
2001 | 22,378 | +32.0% |
2011 | 25,688 | +14.8% |
Source: 2011 Census of India[1] |
According to the Indian census of 2001,[3] Safipur had a population of 22,378. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. In Safipur, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
According to the 2011 census, Safipur has a population of 25,688 people, in 4,288 households.[1] The town's sex ratio is 932 females to every 1000 males; 13,299 of Safipur's residents are male and 12,389 are female.[1] Among the 0-6 age group, the sex ratio is 940, which is higher than the district urban average.[1] Members of Scheduled Castes make up 13.77% of the town's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[1] The town's literacy rate was 60.9% (counting only people age 7 and up); literacy was higher among men and boys (66.8%) than among women and girls (54.5%).[1]
In terms of employment, 21.8% of Safipur 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 10.8%, and the remaining 67.4% were non-workers.[1] Employment status varied heavily according to gender, with 51.2% of men being either main or marginal workers, compared to only 12.6% of women.[1]
Villages[]
Safipur CD block has the following 116 villages:[1]
Village name | Total land area (hectares) | Population (in 2011) |
---|---|---|
172.1 | 1,061 | |
112.5 | 1,892 | |
209.2 | 993 | |
219.8 | 1,195 | |
108.6 | 536 | |
293.1 | 1,668 | |
162.3 | 1,188 | |
432.2 | 2,137 | |
790 | 0 | |
69.2 | 0 | |
387.9 | 1,267 | |
151.9 | 438 | |
256 | 543 | |
203.7 | 985 | |
295.4 | 697 | |
157.6 | 501 | |
122.2 | 740 | |
840 | 3,608 | |
359.6 | 276 | |
99.7 | 599 | |
247.3 | 810 | |
292.1 | 692 | |
71.3 | 504 | |
66.9 | 312 | |
72 | 445 | |
347.3 | 1,042 | |
110.4 | 590 | |
374.2 | 2,885 | |
119.2 | 1,189 | |
79.3 | 914 | |
114 | 1,479 | |
197.7 | 204 | |
72.3 | 465 | |
1,545.8 | 5,741 | |
399.2 | 2,308 | |
94.5 | 108 | |
71.2 | 287 | |
288.1 | 1,238 | |
155.1 | 638 | |
388.5 | 4,407 | |
341.4 | 4,389 | |
208.8 | 1,216 | |
530.8 | 4,624 | |
195.5 | 92 | |
270.2 | 1,914 | |
173.6 | 1,276 | |
230.6 | 1,238 | |
224.9 | 1,127 | |
31.1 | 376 | |
112.1 | 680 | |
113.7 | 659 | |
113.2 | 659 | |
264.8 | 1,818 | |
19.2 | 0 | |
68.5 | 508 | |
78.1 | 702 | |
159.2 | 1,351 | |
120.2 | 1,021 | |
78.8 | 1,032 | |
706 | 4,386 | |
36.5 | 0 | |
523.7 | 2,736 | |
523.7 | 1,584 | |
104.1 | 317 | |
113.3 | 1,532 | |
14.8 | 0 | |
361.8 | 1,856 | |
158.6 | 1,449 | |
108.1 | 751 | |
240.4 | 2,668 | |
105.2 | 1,077 | |
202.8 | 1,869 | |
119.9 | 816 | |
103.9 | 1,472 | |
325.4 | 1,817 | |
95.7 | 1,022 | |
42.1 | 0 | |
65.1 | 1,539 | |
744.4 | 2,889 | |
106.4 | 257 | |
148.6 | 302 | |
83.3 | 735 | |
291.2 | 2,025 | |
167 | 1,114 | |
277.7 | 2,168 | |
40.7 | 973 | |
145.9 | 1,229 | |
255.6 | 1,358 | |
40.8 | 484 | |
242.7 | 1,438 | |
756.8 | 4,425 | |
117.7 | 1,185 | |
122.9 | 868 | |
108.6 | 764 | |
97.2 | 515 | |
59.8 | 471 | |
75.6 | 764 | |
281.2 | 2,671 | |
186.7 | 2,174 | |
144.5 | 1,002 | |
60 | 900 | |
413.8 | 2,447 | |
154.6 | 910 | |
120 | 457 | |
74.3 | 458 | |
63.9 | 337 | |
82.5 | 398 | |
799.8 | 6,848 | |
171.9 | 1,147 | |
167.4 | 1,786 | |
552.9 | 6,530 | |
202.1 | 1,804 | |
72.3 | 0 | |
227.8 | 606 | |
379.7 | 2,147 | |
185.6 | 895 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Unnao, Part A (Village and Town Directory)". Census 2011 India. pp. 36–55, 135–59, 525–39. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Nevill, H.R. (1903). Unao: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXVIII Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 231–7. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- Cities and towns in Unnao district