Singhpuraਸਿੰਘਪੁਰਾ

Where is Singhpura?

Singhpura 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 12 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 028981, and it covers 448 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,119 people in Singhpura: 571 men and 548 women, living in 213 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 448 hectares, the population density works out to about 250 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 960 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 133, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 299 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67 per cent and women at 60.87 per cent. The census recorded 493 workers, about 44 per cent of the village. Of the 330 main workers, the largest group, 134, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 103 cultivators on their own land and 89 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 163 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Singhpura's land. Of the village's 448 hectares, 344 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (89 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (255 hectares). About 69 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 171 cultivators and 216 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included an allopathic hospital, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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

Singhpura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Dera Baba Nanak, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mehta, Shampura, Shezada and Dharamabad.

What is the population of Singhpura?

The population of Singhpura was 1,119 at the 2011 census, living in 213 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Singhpura have?

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