Saidpurਸੈਦਪੁਰ

Where is Saidpur?

Saidpur is a village in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Rayya, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Tarsika community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037755, and it covers 261 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,158 people in Saidpur: 1,150 men and 1,008 women, living in 369 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 261 hectares, the population density works out to about 827 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 877 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 198, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 670 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.43 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.15 per cent and women at 64.88 per cent. The census recorded 861 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 700 main workers, the largest group, 325, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 227 other workers in trade, transport and services and 118 agricultural labourers. A further 161 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Saidpur's land. Of the village's 261 hectares, 240 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (240 hectares). About 21 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 341 cultivators and 144 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, 2 government middle schools and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. 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

Saidpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rayya, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Baba Bakala, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mehsampur Kalan, Bhattike, Jaspal and Sarai.

What is the population of Saidpur?

The population of Saidpur was 2,158 at the 2011 census, living in 369 households in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Saidpur have?

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