Budhupurਬੁਧੁਪੁਰ

Where is Budhupur?

Budhupur is a village of Mukerian tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mukerian, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mukerian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031154, and it covers 217 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,279 people in Budhupur: 650 men and 629 women, living in 257 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 217 hectares, the population density works out to about 589 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 968 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 130, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 161 people, about 13 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.86 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.7 per cent and women at 80.88 per cent. The census recorded 354 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 341 main workers, the largest group, 228, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 102 cultivators on their own land and 9 agricultural labourers. A further 13 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Budhupur's land. Of the village's 217 hectares, 192 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (192 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 14 hours a day. With 103 cultivators and 10 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 health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Budhupur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Mukerian, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Mukerian, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Man, Talwandi Kalan, Chhanian Kalan and Musahibpur.

What is the population of Budhupur?

The population of Budhupur was 1,279 at the 2011 census, living in 257 households in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Budhupur have?

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