Sarojininagar, also spelled Sarojani Nagar, is a community development block in Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is part of the tehsil of Lucknow and it includes 90 villages. As of 2011, its population was 224,045, in 40,923 households.

Sarojininagar is also the name of two wards of Lucknow, together making up 32 mohallas of the city.

Demographics As of 2011, the sex ratio of Sarojininagar block is 903 females for every 1000 males, with 53% of block residents (117,745) being male and 47% (106,300) being female. The sex ratio in the 0-6 age group was 920. Members of scheduled castes made up 37.2% of the Sarojininagar block population, and members of scheduled tribes made up 0.11%. The literacy rate of Sarojininagar block in 2011 was 73.0% (81.1% among males and 64.1% among females).

In 2011, Sarojininagar block's workforce consisted of 74,661 people (33.3% of the overall block population). More men (59,508, or 50.5%) were workers than women (15,153, or 14.3%). A plurality of workers were employed in agriculture — 23.53% were cultivators who owned or leased their own land, and another 26.26% were agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for wages. A further 6.25% were household industry workers, and the remaining 43.96% were other workers.

Demographic history The 1961 census recorded Sarojininagar block as having a total population of 107,880 people (57,375 male and 50,505 female), in 22,327 households and 22,022 physical houses.

The 1981 census recorded Sarojininagar as the most heavily industrialised of Lucknow district's development blocks, with 56 registered industrial firms. At the time, it comprised 106 villages, including 94 gram sabhas and 13 nyaya panchayats.

Land use Sarojininagar block covers an area of 30,526.9 hectares, of which 58.2% (17,770.8 hectares, not counting fallow land) is farmland as of 2011. Most of this farmland is irrigated: 16,054.8 hectares, or 90.3% as of the same year. Irrigation is mostly by tanks or lakes. Areas under non-agricultural use made up 3,537.4 hectares as of 2011, or about 11.6% of the total land area. Land considered barren and unsuitable for cultivation covered 1219 hectares. As of 2011, 1,027 hectares in this block are covered by forests.

Villages Sarojininagar block comprises the following 90 villages:

Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011) Maunda 588.4 4,987 Dhighiya 190.6 1,457 Sadrauna 402.6 3,886 Pyare Pur 184.2 1,912 Kaliya Khera 164.9 1,453 Alinagar Sonhara 503.4 588 Anora 338.1 1,511 Samda Khera 142.5 952 Palenhada 293.6 1,240 Behta 462.4 3,638 Khurrampur 156.2 1,420 Chakoli 317.8 1,942 Andhpur Umrao 83.7 684 Piparsand 1,298.6 4,336 Lonha 612 3,365 Bhadoi 243.2 1,573 Mavaipadhiyana 326.2 2,565 Amavan 827.6 2,301 Ramdas Pur 156 941 Sahijanpur 462 1,858 Godoli 322.2 1,789 Ain 976.6 5,052 Nanmau 210.7 1,746 Sadulla Nagar 223.4 1,918 Terwa 285.6 2,180 Narainpur 304.5 2,596 Darab Nagar 166.6 1,161 Saidpur Puhri 199.2 1,178 Haroni 282.8 2,446 Hulas Khera 121.4 462 Bhatgoan Pande 122.7 787 Mirzapur Lutova 92.3 386 Bahdanamau 40.8 350 Rahimnagar Padhiyana 1,020 7,851 Latif Nagar 302.8 3,263 Bhat Goan 981.3 7,131 Garhi Chunoti 424.5 3,817 Andhpurdev 260.5 1,096 Aorava 243.9 1,604 Ramchora 250.4 2,258 Dadoopur 125.9 1,406 Khandedev 527.6 3,639 Bhokapur 248.6 1,081 Benti 636.2 4,520 Sarai Sahjadi 252.9 2,328 Bani 183.5 1,741 Pahar Pur 182.3 2,050 Banthra Sikander Pur 703.8 10,989 Miranpur Pinvat 304.7 4,656 Natkur 679.8 5,091 Bijnor 751.6 14,105 Rasoolpur Iduria 131.2 536 Alinagar Khurd 127.8 772 Ashraf Nagar 258.4 2,202 Ahmadpur Urf Kamlapur 122.9 1,272 Noorpur Bhadarsa 327 1,204 Chandraval 242.4 2,057 Saraiya 144.8 932 Shahpur Majhgaon 131.6 782 Kuroni 725.2 4,640 Jahanabad 43.9 454 Kishunpur Kodia 151.1 1,749 Khasarwara 178.2 1,314 Dhawapur Khasarwara 107.7 846 Bibipur 292.9 1,963 Memora 194.2 2,842 Neeva 518.5 2,679 Khatola 470.2 1,280 Makhdoompur Kaithi 342 1,405 Ratoli 161.5 924 Bhagu Khera 177.8 1,160 Jaitikhera 565.2 2,806 Mati 1,172.3 5,833 Parvar Pashchim 921 5,341 Parvar Poorab 481.1 2,280 Kalli Poorab 312.6 2,963 Birura 139.5 827 Baraulikhalilabad 167.2 1,531 Sevai 248.3 2,665 Devamau 61.4 983 Gusval Kala 122.5 1,197 Malak 84.8 3,627 Harihar Pur 284.3 3,668 Muzaffar Nagar Ghusval 224.4 1,497 Ardonamau 203.2 922 Ahmamau 444.2 3,427 Yusufnagar 124.4 1,392 Hasanpur Khevali 210.9 2,338 Nijampur Majhigaon 210.5 2,210 Barauna 516.7 4,329

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