Rajpurਰਜਪੁਰ

Where is Rajpur?

Rajpur is a village of Dasua tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Urmar Tanda, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Tanda community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030847, and it covers 62 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 609 people in Rajpur: 310 men and 299 women, living in 152 households, an average of about 4.0 people per household. Spread over its 62 hectares, the population density works out to about 982 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 965 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 46, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 228 people, about 37 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 91.3 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 94.27 per cent and women at 88.38 per cent. The census recorded 235 workers, about 39 per cent of the village. Of the 219 main workers, the largest group, 182, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 26 cultivators on their own land and 11 agricultural labourers. A further 16 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rajpur's land. Of the village's 62 hectares, 50 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (50 hectares). About 12 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 14 hours a day. With 26 cultivators and 18 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Rajpur is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Urmar Tanda, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Dasua, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Salahpur, Malakpur Bodal, Harsi Pind and Chattowal.

What is the population of Rajpur?

The population of Rajpur was 609 at the 2011 census, living in 152 households in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Rajpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Rajpur has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.