Shahpurਸ਼ਾਹਪੁਰ

Where is Shahpur?

Shahpur is a village of Baba Bakala tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rayya community development block and is served by the Shah Pur gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037817, and it covers 148 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,045 people in Shahpur: 541 men and 504 women, living in 200 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 148 hectares, the population density works out to about 706 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 932 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 112, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 221 people, about 21 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.99 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.53 per cent and women at 71.01 per cent. The census recorded 318 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 309 main workers, the largest group, 151, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 106 other workers in trade, transport and services and 39 agricultural labourers. A further 9 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shahpur's land. Of the village's 148 hectares, 132 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (112 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (20 hectares). About 16 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 152 cultivators and 42 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 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

Shahpur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Batala, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Tapiala, Sattowal, Devidasspura and Kammonke.

What is the population of Shahpur?

The population of Shahpur was 1,045 at the 2011 census, living in 200 households in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Shahpur have?

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