Basarpuraਬਸਰਪੁਰਾ

Where is Basarpura?

Basarpura is a village in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Batala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028716, and it covers 250 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,659 people in Basarpura: 902 men and 757 women, living in 309 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 250 hectares, the population density works out to about 664 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 839 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 176, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 327 people, about 20 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.07 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.15 per cent and women at 68.66 per cent. The census recorded 543 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 501 main workers, the largest group, 285, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 189 cultivators on their own land and 26 agricultural labourers. A further 42 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Basarpura's land. Of the village's 250 hectares, 226 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (90 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (136 hectares). About 24 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 190 cultivators and 27 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 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Basarpura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Batala, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Rangilpur, Nathwal, Phulke and Talwandi Bakhta.

What is the population of Basarpura?

The population of Basarpura was 1,659 at the 2011 census, living in 309 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Basarpura have?

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