Boparai Khurdਬੋਪਾਰਾਏ ਖੁਰਦ

Where is Boparai Khurd?

Boparai Khurd is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chogawan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037374, and it covers 300 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,928 people in Boparai Khurd: 1,009 men and 919 women, living in 357 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 300 hectares, the population density works out to about 643 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 911 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 276, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 978 people, about 51 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.29 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.12 per cent and women at 56.7 per cent. The census recorded 622 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 589 main workers, the largest group, 268, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 224 cultivators on their own land and 94 agricultural labourers. A further 33 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Boparai Khurd's land. Of the village's 300 hectares, 270 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (270 hectares). About 30 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 226 cultivators and 95 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. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, 2 government middle schools, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Boparai Khurd is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Lopoke, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chhiddan, Boparai Kalan, Nurpur and Boparai Baj Singh.

What is the population of Boparai Khurd?

The population of Boparai Khurd was 1,928 at the 2011 census, living in 357 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Boparai Khurd have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Boparai Khurd has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.