Shezadaਸ਼ੇਜ਼ਡਾ

Where is Shezada?

Shezada is a village of Dera Baba Nanak tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Baba Nanak community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028979, and it covers 530 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 837 people in Shezada: 438 men and 399 women, living in 161 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 530 hectares, the population density works out to about 158 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 911 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 86, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 148 people, about 18 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.43 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.13 per cent and women at 69.27 per cent. The census recorded 259 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 234 main workers, the largest group, 154, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 76 other workers in trade, transport and services and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 25 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shezada's land. Of the village's 530 hectares, 442 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 433 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (433 hectares). About 63 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 155 cultivators and 13 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 human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had its own post office. 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

Shezada is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Dera Baba Nanak, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Megha, Mehta, Rattar Chhattar and Singhpura.

What is the population of Shezada?

The population of Shezada was 837 at the 2011 census, living in 161 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Shezada have?

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