Chak Bashesharpurਚੱਕ ਬਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਰਪੁਰ

Where is Chak Bashesharpur?

Chak Bashesharpur is a village in Jalandhar West tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Jalandhar, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalandhar (West) community development block and is served by the Kotla gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030416, and it covers 47 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 21 people in Chak Bashesharpur: 10 men and 11 women, living in 4 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 47 hectares, the population density works out to about 45 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1100 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 3, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 16 people, about 76 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 44.44 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 33.33 per cent and women at 55.56 per cent. The census recorded 10 workers, about 48 per cent of the village. Of the 10 main workers, the largest group, 7, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 2 agricultural labourers and 1 cultivators on their own land.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Bashesharpur's land. Of the village's 47 hectares, 37 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (37 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 1 cultivators and 2 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres. The village also had an ASHA health worker.

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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Chak Bashesharpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jalandhar, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Jalandhar West, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Rasulpur Khurd, Sammipur, Abadan and Chak Huasainpur.

What is the population of Chak Bashesharpur?

The population of Chak Bashesharpur was 21 at the 2011 census, living in 4 households in Jalandhar West tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Chak Bashesharpur have?

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