Gadaipurਗਡੈਪੁਰ

Where is Gadaipur?

Gadaipur is a village in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Lohian Khass, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Lohian Khas community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029705, and it covers 30 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 102 people in Gadaipur: 54 men and 48 women, living in 14 households, an average of about 7.3 people per household. Spread over its 30 hectares, the population density works out to about 336 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 889 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 13, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 18 people, about 18 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.15 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 90.91 per cent and women at 75.56 per cent. The census recorded 48 workers, about 47 per cent of the village. Of the 38 main workers, the largest group, 28, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 9 other workers in trade, transport and services and 1 agricultural labourers. A further 10 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gadaipur's land. Of the village's 30 hectares, 28 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (28 hectares). About 2 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. With 29 cultivators and 2 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Gadaipur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Lohian Khass, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Samailpur (Shahkot), Pipli, Fatehpur Bhagwan and Miani.

What is the population of Gadaipur?

The population of Gadaipur was 102 at the 2011 census, living in 14 households in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Gadaipur have?

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