Kapurpur Kapūrpur
Village
Map showing Kapurpur (#403) in Chhatoh CD block
Kapurpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°09′08″N 81°30′21″E / 26.152243°N 81.505857°E / 26.152243; 81.505857[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	5.67 km2 (2.19 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,615
• Density	280/km2 (740/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Kapurpur is a village in Chhatoh block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 46 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, Kapurpur has a population of 1,615 people, in 310 households.^[2] It has no schools and no healthcare facilities, and it does not host a permanent market or a weekly haat.^[2] It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Chhatoh.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Kapurpur (as "Kapoorpur") as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 570 people (273 male and 297 female), in 127 households and 115 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 591 acres.^[5] 10 residents were literate (8 male and 2 female).^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rokha and the thana of Nasirabad.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Kapurpur as comprising 3 hamlets, with a total population of 624 people (297 male and 327 female), in 143 households and 142 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 591 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Kapurpur (as "Kapoorpur") as having a population of 853 people, in 230 households, and having an area of 237.15 hectares.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Kapurpur (as "Kapoorpur") as having a total population of 982 people (484 male and 498 female), in 228 households and 228 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 237 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 182, or 18.5% of the total; this group was 52% male (95) and 48% female (87).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 50.2% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 15% (128 men and 18 women).^[4] 254 people were classified as main workers (240 men and 14 women), while 0 people were classified as marginal workers; the remaining 728 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 123 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 118 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 3 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 6 household industry workers; 0 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 0 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 4 in other services.^[4]