Akarpuraਅਕਰਪੁਰਾ

Where is Akarpura?

Akarpura is a village in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Baba Nanak community development block and is served by the Akarpura Khurd gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028852, and it covers 320 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,130 people in Akarpura: 1,070 men and 1,060 women, living in 415 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 320 hectares, the population density works out to about 666 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 991 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 265, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 692 people, about 32 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.16 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.43 per cent and women at 57.98 per cent. The census recorded 704 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 582 main workers, the largest group, 296, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 203 cultivators on their own land and 57 agricultural labourers. A further 122 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Akarpura's land. Of the village's 320 hectares, 290 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (70 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (134 hectares). About 27 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 219 cultivators and 72 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Akarpura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Batala, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Damodar and Dhawan.

What is the population of Akarpura?

The population of Akarpura was 2,130 at the 2011 census, living in 415 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Akarpura have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Akarpura has government schools from primary to middle school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.