Akhand Nagar

Akhand Nagar is a community development block in Kadipur tehsil of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[1] It consists of 106 inhabited villages with a total population of 168,686 people in 25,112 households.^[1]

Akhand Nagar situated in 22 km east of Kadipur and is connected with Kadipur, Dostpur, Bilwai, Mohadi Sarai and Baramadpur. It has a police station on Kadipur Road and a petrol pump at Bilwai Road. The block office and electric power house are situated at Kadipur Road. There are two government banks – Bank of Baroda and State bank of India. One primary school for the primary education and a junior school up to 8th class.

As of 2011, Akhand Nagar CD block has a population of 168,686 people, in 25,112 households.^[1] This population includes 84,863 males and 83,823 females.^[1] The corresponding sex ratio of 988 females to every 1000 males is slightly higher than the district rural average of 987.^[1] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 24,441 as of 2011, or about 14.5% of the total.^[1] The sex ratio of this group is 909, which is somewhat lower than the district rural average of 923.^[1] Members of Scheduled Castes numbered 47,572, or 28.20% of the total population (one of the highest proportions in the district); while members of Scheduled Tribes numbered 36, or 0.02% of the total.^[1] The literacy rate of Akhand Nagar block as of 2011 is 70.1% (counting only people age 7 and up); literacy is higher among men and boys (80.78%) than among women and girls (59.44%).^[1] The Scheduled Castes literacy rate as of the same year is 63.77% (74.96% among men and boys and 52.46% among women and girls).^[1]

In terms of employment, 20.30% of Akhand Nagar 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 11.51%, and the remaining 68.19% were non-workers.^[1] Employment status varied significantly according to gender, with 44.57% of men being either main or marginal workers, compared to only 18.88% of women.^[1]

Agriculture is the predominant source of employment in Akhand Nagar block: 40.34% of the block's workers were cultivators who owned or leased their own land as of 2011, and a further 37.92% were agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for wages.^[1] Another 3.01% were counted as household industry workers, and the remaining 18.73% were other workers.^[1] The block had the highest proportion of cultivators and lowest proportion of household industry workers in the district.^[1]

According to the 2001 census, the population of Akhand Nagar is 199,489^[2] and the literacy rate is 55.64%.

Akhand Nagar CD block has the following 106 villages:^[1]