Har Kishanpuraਹਰ ਕਿਸ਼ਨਪੁਰਾ

Where is Har Kishanpura?

Har Kishanpura is a village of Maur tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 9 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rampura community development block and is served by the Harkishanpura gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035688, and it covers 500 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 874 people in Har Kishanpura: 454 men and 420 women, living in 171 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 500 hectares, the population density works out to about 175 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 925 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 82, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 243 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.92 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.24 per cent and women at 60.1 per cent. The census recorded 289 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 248 main workers, the largest group, 157, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 47 other workers in trade, transport and services and 44 agricultural labourers. A further 41 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Har Kishanpura's land. Of the village's 500 hectares, 460 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (460 hectares). About 40 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 161 cultivators and 54 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 14 hours a day.

Getting there

Har Kishanpura is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 9 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Maur, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mandi Khurd, Nandgarh Kotra, Ram Niwas and Jhanduke.

What is the population of Har Kishanpura?

The population of Har Kishanpura was 874 at the 2011 census, living in 171 households in Maur tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Har Kishanpura have?

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