Dadupuraਦਡੂਪੁਰਾ

Where is Dadupura?

Dadupura is a village of Majitha tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Majitha, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Majitha community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037433, and it covers 214 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,201 people in Dadupura: 626 men and 575 women, living in 199 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 214 hectares, the population density works out to about 561 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 919 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 133, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 536 people, about 45 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.52 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.41 per cent and women at 79.42 per cent. The census recorded 434 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 407 main workers, the largest group, 160, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 114 agricultural labourers and 111 cultivators on their own land. A further 27 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dadupura's land. Of the village's 214 hectares, 188 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (175 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (13 hectares). About 26 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 112 cultivators and 124 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 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 dispensary. The village had a sub 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Dadupura is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Majitha, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Majitha, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Galowali.

What is the population of Dadupura?

The population of Dadupura was 1,201 at the 2011 census, living in 199 households in Majitha tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Dadupura have?

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