Ibrahimpurਇਬਰਹਿਮਪੁਰ

Where is Ibrahimpur?

Ibrahimpur is a village of Garhshankar tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Garhshankar, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Garhshankar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031988, and it covers 98 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,326 people in Ibrahimpur: 665 men and 661 women, living in 319 households, an average of about 4.2 people per household. Spread over its 98 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,353 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 994 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 128, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 150 people, about 11 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 85.39 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 90 per cent and women at 80.92 per cent. The census recorded 398 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 365 main workers, the largest group, 156, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 145 other workers in trade, transport and services and 63 agricultural labourers. A further 33 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ibrahimpur's land. Of the village's 98 hectares, 78 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (78 hectares). About 20 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 159 cultivators and 81 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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. Banking was available in the village itself, with a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ibrahimpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Garhshankar, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Garhshankar, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Denowal Khurd, Bagwain, Darapur and Gogon.

What is the population of Ibrahimpur?

The population of Ibrahimpur was 1,326 at the 2011 census, living in 319 households in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Ibrahimpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Ibrahimpur has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.