Khizarpurਖਿਜ਼ਰਪੁਰ

Where is Khizarpur?

Khizarpur is a village in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Kartarpur, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Hazipur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031114, and it covers 68 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,453 people in Khizarpur: 732 men and 721 women, living in 277 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 68 hectares, the population density works out to about 2,137 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 985 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 167, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 0 people, about 0 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.14 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.42 per cent and women at 80.84 per cent. The census recorded 342 workers, about 24 per cent of the village. Of the 204 main workers, the largest group, 98, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 96 cultivators on their own land and 6 household industry workers. A further 138 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khizarpur's land. Of the village's 68 hectares, 50 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 26 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (26 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 103 cultivators and 31 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Khizarpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Kartarpur, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Raili, Daggan, Sabar and Dalowal.

What is the population of Khizarpur?

The population of Khizarpur was 1,453 at the 2011 census, living in 277 households in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Khizarpur have?

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