Raiya Urf Hardaspuraਰੈਯਾ ਉਰਫ ਹਰਡਸਪੁਰਾ

Where is Raiya Urf Hardaspura?

Raiya Urf Hardaspura is a village in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Phul community development block and is served by the Raiya gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035666, and it covers 1,399 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,558 people in Raiya Urf Hardaspura: 2,397 men and 2,161 women, living in 865 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 1,399 hectares, the population density works out to about 326 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 902 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 496, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,085 people, about 24 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 61.6 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 63.72 per cent and women at 59.29 per cent. The census recorded 2,180 workers, about 48 per cent of the village. Of the 1,469 main workers, the largest group, 592, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 488 agricultural labourers and 333 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 711 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Raiya Urf Hardaspura's land. Of the village's 1,399 hectares, 1,248 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (678 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (570 hectares). About 151 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 658 cultivators and 575 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 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.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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

Raiya Urf Hardaspura is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Rampura Phul, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Phulewala, Dhingar, Sandhu Khurd and Allike.

What is the population of Raiya Urf Hardaspura?

The population of Raiya Urf Hardaspura was 4,558 at the 2011 census, living in 865 households in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Raiya Urf Hardaspura have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Raiya Urf Hardaspura has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.