Alipurਅਲੀਪੁਰ

Where is Alipur?

Alipur is a village of Zira tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Zira, about 9 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Zira community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034360, and it covers 536 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,228 people in Alipur: 647 men and 581 women, living in 239 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 536 hectares, the population density works out to about 229 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 898 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 133, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 583 people, about 47 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 55.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.28 per cent and women at 48.94 per cent. The census recorded 757 workers, about 62 per cent of the village. Of the 486 main workers, the largest group, 204, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 188 agricultural labourers and 86 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 271 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Alipur's land. Of the village's 536 hectares, 500 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (440 hectares). About 36 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 263 cultivators and 309 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Alipur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Zira, about 9 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Zira, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kachar Bhan, Naurang Singhwala, Mihan Singhwala and Santuwala.

What is the population of Alipur?

The population of Alipur was 1,228 at the 2011 census, living in 239 households in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Alipur have?

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