Ibrahimpuraਇਬਰਹਿਮਪੁਰਾ

Where is Ibrahimpura?

Ibrahimpura is a village of Ajnala tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Ajnala, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ajnala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037329, and it covers 275 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 873 people in Ibrahimpura: 460 men and 413 women, living in 167 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 275 hectares, the population density works out to about 317 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 898 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 76, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 18 people, about 2 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.88 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.22 per cent and women at 62.96 per cent. The census recorded 307 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 233 main workers, the largest group, 114, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 105 other workers in trade, transport and services and 9 agricultural labourers. A further 74 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ibrahimpura's land. Of the village's 275 hectares, 247 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (247 hectares). About 28 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 121 cultivators and 56 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 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had 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

Ibrahimpura is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Ajnala, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Ajnala, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhakha Hari Singh, Chamyari, Kotli Saidan and Kotla Kazian.

What is the population of Ibrahimpura?

The population of Ibrahimpura was 873 at the 2011 census, living in 167 households in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Ibrahimpura have?

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