Kishanpuraਕਿਸ਼ਨਪੁਰਾ

Where is Kishanpura?

Kishanpura is a village of Bassi Pathana tehsil in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bassi Pathana, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bassi Pathana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032608, and it covers 378 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 539 people in Kishanpura: 304 men and 235 women, living in 90 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 378 hectares, the population density works out to about 143 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 773 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 45, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 165 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.6 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.64 per cent and women at 78.54 per cent. The census recorded 182 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 182 main workers, the largest group, 91, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 71 cultivators on their own land and 15 household industry workers.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kishanpura's land. Of the village's 378 hectares, 323 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (323 hectares). About 55 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 71 cultivators and 5 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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 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

Kishanpura is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Bassi Pathana, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Bassi Pathana, the tehsil headquarters, and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nogawan, Kalaundi, Rampur Kaleran and Behrampur.

What is the population of Kishanpura?

The population of Kishanpura was 539 at the 2011 census, living in 90 households in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Kishanpura have?

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