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Rustampur is a village in Bilaspur mandal, Rampur district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 303 across 51 households. It has a literacy rate of 67.7% and is situated at coordinates 28.268°N, 77.577°E with PIN code 224923.
By population, Rustampur ranks #155 of 213 villages in Bilaspur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rustampur is a village of 303 people in 51 households (Census 2011) in Bilaspur tehsil, Rampur district, Uttar Pradesh, the 155th-largest of 213 villages in Bilaspur tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 21 points above the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 870 women per 1,000 men. It lies 171 km from the Rampur district centre, 2 km from Pachokara, the nearest town, 15 km from Wair railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 224923; the LGD village code is 116726. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gold Field Hospital and Research Center, 12 km away. The sarpanch is SIMRAN JEET KAUR, and the village votes in Sahaswan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brajesh Yadav. The population is estimated at 357 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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