Rasulpurਰਸੂਲਪੁਰ

Where is Rasulpur?

Rasulpur is a village of Dasua tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Urmar Tanda, about 1 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 030713, and it covers 106 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 323 people in Rasulpur: 156 men and 167 women, living in 76 households, an average of about 4.2 people per household. Spread over its 106 hectares, the population density works out to about 305 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1071 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 20, about 6 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 86 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 93.07 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 96.6 per cent and women at 89.74 per cent. The census recorded 95 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 95 main workers, the largest group, 67, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 18 cultivators on their own land and 9 agricultural labourers.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rasulpur's land. Of the village's 106 hectares, 77 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (77 hectares). About 29 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 18 cultivators and 9 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Rasulpur is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Urmar Tanda, about 1 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Dasua, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jaja, Urmar, Randian and Kotli.

What is the population of Rasulpur?

The population of Rasulpur was 323 at the 2011 census, living in 76 households in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Rasulpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Rasulpur has . It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.