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Sanda Saidan

village in Uttar Pradesh, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ108940179
Source-derived summary

Sanda Saidan is a village in Salon block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 3 km from Salon, the block and tehsil headquarters. As of 2011, Sanda Saidan has a population of 3,283 people, in 592 households. It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities. It does not host a permanent market or periodic haat.

The 1961 census recorded Sanda Saidan (as "Sanda Siadan") as comprising 6 hamlets, with a total population of 933 people (456 male and 467 female), in 184 households and 177 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 475 acres.

The 1981 census recorded Sanda Saidan as having a population of 1,460 people, in 356 households, and having an area of 189.90 hectares. The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Sanda Saidan” as village in Uttar Pradesh, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sanda, Saidan and village.

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, 1961, 1981—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sanda, Saidan and village providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Sanda Saidan”, the useful work is to connect “village in Uttar Pradesh, India” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q108940179. Authority coordinates are 26.040, 81.473. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011, 1961 and 1981.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. 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
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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 “Sanda Saidan”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Sanda Saidan primary sources, Sanda Saidan archive and Sanda 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 “Sanda Saidan”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from Sanda Saidan” 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.