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Nagla Sudama

village in Uttar Pradesh, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ123114732 ↗
Source-derived summary

Nagla Sudama (Naglā Sudāmā) is a village in Bewar block of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh. As of 2011, it has a population of 1,936, in 291 households.

Demographics

As of 2011, Nagla Sudama had a population of 1,936, in 291 households. This population was 52.6% male (1,018) and 47.4% female (918). The 0-6 age group numbered 312 (151 male and 161 female), or 16.1% of the total population. 446 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 23.0% of the total.

The 1981 census recorded Nagla Sudama as having a population of 1,102 people, in 181 households.

The 1961 census recorded Nagla Sudama (as "Nagla Sudaman") as comprising 5 hamlets, with a total population of 747 people (400 male and 347 female), in 140 households and 102 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 287 acres.

Infrastructure

As of 2011, Nagla Sudama had 1 primary school; it did not have any healthcare facilities.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Nagla Sudama” as village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011, 1981, 1961—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Nagla, Sudama and village can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q123114732. Authority coordinates are 27.185, 79.371. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011, 1981 and 1961.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Nagla Sudama”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Nagla Sudama primary sources, Nagla Sudama archive and Nagla research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Nagla Sudama”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Nagla Sudama” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.