Shivgarh is a Nagar Panchayat (Town Panchayat;
transl. 'town council') or Notified Area Council (NAC) in
Rae Bareli district
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As of 2011, its population is 2,812, in 536 households.
It has 6 primary schools and 1 healthcare centre.
It hosts a
Ramlila
Ramlila (Rāmlīlā) (literally 'Rama's lila or play') is any dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Rama according to the ancient Hindu epic ''Ramayana'' or secondary literature based on it such as the ''Ramcharitmanas''. It particularly ...
festival on
Agrahayana
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अगहन - agahana; मार्गशीर्ष - Mārgaśirṣa) is a month of the Hindu calendar. In India's national civil calendar, ''Agrahāyaṇa'' is the ninth month of the year, beginning ...
Sudi 5-11, which involves a dramatic reenactment of the
Ramayana
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Vendors bring farm tools,
earthenware
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pots, bamboo baskets, toys, and sweets to sell at the festival.
Shivgarh also hosts a market twice per week, on Thursdays and Sundays, which mostly deals in grain and
kirana.
The
1961 census recorded Shivgarh (here spelled "Sheogarh") as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 952 people (475 male and 429 female), in 212 households and 175 physical houses.
The area of the village was given as 395
acre
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It had a hospital with 8 beds for males and 6 for females, and it was run by a local body at the time.
The Barkhandi Vidyapeeth in Sheogarh, a higher secondary school founded in 1950, had in 1961 a faculty of 23 teachers (all male) and a student body of 451 males and 8 females.
Average attendance of the Ramlila festival was recorded as about 3,000 people, while attendance of the twice-weekly market was about 300.
The
1981 census recorded Shivgarh (here also spelled as "Sheogarh") as having a population of 1,588 people, in 351 households, and having an area of 159.86
hectare
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The most busiest route in this town is Shivgarh Main Market route and best English medium School " M.P. Educational Academy" for students to gain knowledge
Mallu ka purva
Shivgarh CD block has the following 62 villages:
References
{{Raebareli district
Villages in Raebareli district