Bighapur is a town and

nagar panchayat A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

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. First officially classified as a town for the 1981 census, it now serves as a

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headquarters(established in Patan). Important items manufactured here include clay pots, leather products, and wooden furniture. As of 2011, the population of Bighapur is 6,501, in 1,201 households. Bighapur is the headquarters of a

community development block In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...

, which was first inaugurated on 1 October 1959 in order to oversee implementation of India's

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at a local and rural level. As of 2011, the block comprises 128 rural villages, with a total population of 136,589 people in 27,180 households.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Bighapur has a population of 6,501 people, in 1,201 households. The town's

sex ratio The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species devia ...

is 927 females to every 1000 males; 3,374 of Bighapur's residents are male (52%) and 3,127 are female (48%). The 0-6 age group makes up about 10.1% of the town's population; the sex ratio for this group is 918, which is higher than the district urban average of 903. Members of

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make up 25.75% of the town's population, while no members of

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were recorded. The town's

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was 80.9% (counting only people age 7 and up); literacy was higher among men and boys (87.7%) than among women and girls (73.5%). The scheduled castes literacy rate is 70.8% (78.2% among men and boys, and 62.6% among women and girls). In terms of employment, 22.8% of Nawabganj residents were classified as main workers (i.e. people employed for at least 6 months per year) in 2011. Marginal workers (i.e. people employed for less than 6 months per year) made up 11.6%, and the remaining 65.5% were non-workers. Employment status varied significantly according to gender, with 53.2% of men being either main or marginal workers, compared to only 14.2% of women. 27.2% of Bighapur residents live in

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conditions as of 2011. There are 4 slum areas in Bighapur: Nageshwar Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, and Sandhohi Nagar (the largest). These range in size from about 60 to 150 households and have between 5 and 50

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access points. The number of

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s installed in people's homes ranges from 10 to 35. All 4 areas are serviced by

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Education

Degree colleges: * Maha Pran Nirala (MPN) Degree College, Osiya, Bighapur, Unnao * Sardar Patel Banshgopal Sanatan Dharm Degree College, Mahai, Bighapur, Unnao * Raghuraja Degree College Inter Colleges: * Kamlapati Inter College * Lahshmi Narayan Public Inter College * Parwati Balika Inter College * Saraswati Gyan Mandir Inter College * Patiraja Inter College

Healthcare

Bighapur has one block level hospital near BSNL telephone exchange, Bighapur.

Transport

Rail

Bighapur Railway Station Bighapur is a town and nagar panchayat in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, India. First officially classified as a town for the 1981 census, it now serves as a tehsil headquarters(established in Patan). Important items manufactured here include ...

is the junction point for

Rae Bareli Raebareli is a city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Raebareli district and a part of Lucknow Division. The city is situated on the banks of the Sai river, southeast of Lucknow. It possesses many arc ...

, unchahar,

Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...

Unnao Unnao is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Unnao district and a part of Lucknow division, between Kanpur and Lucknow. Unnao is a large industrial city with three industrial suburbs around it. ...

. There are total 4 passenger trains which are passes through Bighapur Railway Station and has stoppage also.

Road

Bighapur is situated just 30 km away from

Bypass Gate near Nirala Nagar and distance from

Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh Raebareli is a city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Raebareli district and a part of Lucknow Division. The city is situated on the banks of the Sai river, southeast of Lucknow. It possesses many arc ...

is approx 70 km. Distance between Bighapur and

is only 40 km.

Villages

Bighapur CD block has the following 128 villages:

References

Cities and towns in Unnao district {{Unnao-geo-stub