Sadakpurਸੜਕਪੁਰ

Where is Sadakpur?

Sadakpur 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 10 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 032577, and it covers 122 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 281 people in Sadakpur: 153 men and 128 women, living in 48 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 122 hectares, the population density works out to about 230 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 837 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 17, about 6 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 3 people, about 1 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 86.74 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 89.8 per cent and women at 82.91 per cent. The census recorded 109 workers, about 39 per cent of the village. Of the 87 main workers, the largest group, 56, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 18 agricultural labourers and 9 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 22 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sadakpur's land. Of the village's 122 hectares, 110 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (110 hectares). About 12 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 58 cultivators and 36 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 ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Sadakpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Bassi Pathana, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Bassi Pathana, the tehsil headquarters, and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kalaur, Mulanpur, Marwa and Himatpura.

What is the population of Sadakpur?

The population of Sadakpur was 281 at the 2011 census, living in 48 households in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Sadakpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Sadakpur has government schools from primary to middle school level and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.