Alampurਆਲਮਪੁਰ

Where is Alampur?

Alampur is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 20 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Harsa Chhina community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037227, and it covers 78 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 186 people in Alampur: 99 men and 87 women, living in 34 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 78 hectares, the population density works out to about 238 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 879 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 25, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 0 people, about 0 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.57 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.42 per cent and women at 64 per cent. The census recorded 64 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 64 main workers, the largest group, 58, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 4 other workers in trade, transport and services and 2 agricultural labourers.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Alampur's land. Of the village's 78 hectares, 68 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (68 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 58 cultivators and 2 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Alampur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 20 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Lopoke, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kot Sidhu, Shahpur and Chak Fateh Khan.

What is the population of Alampur?

The population of Alampur was 186 at the 2011 census, living in 34 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Alampur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Alampur has . It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.