Rakri, Punjab

Rakri is a census town in Mukerian tahsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab. It contains the site of Datarpur, capital of the former Datarpur State. As of 2011, it has a population of 5,722, in 1,196 households.

History
Rakri contains the site of Datarpur, which was capital of the former Datarpur State. Datarpur is said to have been founded around the year 1500.

Rakri was first reclassified as a non-statutory census town for the 2011 census (previously it had been designated as a village).

Demographics
As of 2011, Rakri had a population of 5,722, in 1,196 households. This population was 50.8% male (2,908) and 49.2% female (2,814). The 0-6 age group numbered 566 (286 male and 280 female), or 9.9% of the total population. 1,265 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 22.1% of the total.

The 1981 census recorded Rakri as having a population of 4,270 people (2,813 male and 2,087 female), in 710 households and 710 physical houses.

The 1961 census recorded Rakri (as "Rakri maruf Datarpur") with a total population of 3,029 people (1,548 male and 1,481 female), in 577 households and 577 physical houses. It then had 2 hospitals and a post office.

Economy
Among the most important commodities produced in Rakri are shoes and wooden products. As of 2009, Rakri had 1 nationalised bank, 0 private commercial banks, 1 cooperative bank, and 1 agricultural credit society.

Infrastructure
As of 2011, Rakri has 1 hospital with 8 beds, 5 medicine shops, 10 schools teaching at the primary level and 3 teaching at the secondary level, and 1 public library. Water is stored in overhead tank(s), with a total capacity of 500 kilolitres. The town does not have a local fire department; the nearest one is at Talwara, 10 km away.