Safdarpurਸਫਡਰਪੁਰ

Where is Safdarpur?

Safdarpur is a village of Dasua tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dasua, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dasua community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030777, and it covers 340 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,955 people in Safdarpur: 964 men and 991 women, living in 396 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 340 hectares, the population density works out to about 575 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1028 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 214, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 131 people, about 7 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.52 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.15 per cent and women at 80 per cent. The census recorded 531 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 478 main workers, the largest group, 260, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 109 other workers in trade, transport and services and 101 agricultural labourers. A further 53 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Safdarpur's land. Of the village's 340 hectares, 302 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 301 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (301 hectares). About 38 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 265 cultivators and 125 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, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. 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. The village had a sub post office. 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

Safdarpur is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dasua, about 6 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 Passi Bet, Chak Alam, Daimpur and Pandori Araian.

What is the population of Safdarpur?

The population of Safdarpur was 1,955 at the 2011 census, living in 396 households in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Safdarpur have?

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