Raipur Khurdਰਾਏਪੁਰ ਖੁਰਦ

Where is Raipur Khurd?

Raipur Khurd is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Ajnala, about 3 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 037325, and it covers 205 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 740 people in Raipur Khurd: 402 men and 338 women, living in 132 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 205 hectares, the population density works out to about 361 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 841 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 99, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 217 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.29 per cent and women at 66.11 per cent. The census recorded 274 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 199 main workers, the largest group, 107, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 90 other workers in trade, transport and services and 2 agricultural labourers. A further 75 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Raipur Khurd's land. Of the village's 205 hectares, 179 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (179 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. With 109 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. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Raipur Khurd is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Ajnala, about 3 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 Mattia and Isapur.

What is the population of Raipur Khurd?

The population of Raipur Khurd was 740 at the 2011 census, living in 132 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Raipur Khurd have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Raipur Khurd has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.