Bhoyapurਭੋਯਾਪੁਰ

Where is Bhoyapur?

Bhoyapur is a village of Shahkot tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Shahkot, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Shahkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029734, and it covers 131 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 678 people in Bhoyapur: 346 men and 332 women, living in 137 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 131 hectares, the population density works out to about 517 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 960 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 98, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 642 people, about 95 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 61.03 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.89 per cent and women at 51.04 per cent. The census recorded 275 workers, about 41 per cent of the village. Of the 275 main workers, the largest group, 230, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 24 other workers in trade, transport and services and 21 cultivators on their own land.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhoyapur's land. Of the village's 131 hectares, 121 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (121 hectares). About 10 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 21 cultivators and 230 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhoyapur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Shahkot, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Shahkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Langewal, Sahlapur, Sandhanwal and Bajwa Khurd.

What is the population of Bhoyapur?

The population of Bhoyapur was 678 at the 2011 census, living in 137 households in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Bhoyapur have?

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