Daulatpurਦੌਲਟਪੁਰ

Where is Daulatpur?

Daulatpur is a village of Batala tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Qadian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028675, and it covers 177 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 816 people in Daulatpur: 412 men and 404 women, living in 163 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 177 hectares, the population density works out to about 461 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 981 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 81, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 0 people, about 0 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.84 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.39 per cent and women at 64.63 per cent. The census recorded 213 workers, about 26 per cent of the village. Of the 144 main workers, the largest group, 72, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 68 other workers in trade, transport and services and 4 household industry workers. A further 69 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Daulatpur's land. Of the village's 177 hectares, 152 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (152 hectares). About 25 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 80 cultivators and 0 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. 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

Daulatpur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Batala, about 8 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 Panjgrain, Manoharpur, Pirowali and Leel Khurd.

What is the population of Daulatpur?

The population of Daulatpur was 816 at the 2011 census, living in 163 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Daulatpur have?

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