Khairulapurਖੈਰੁਲਾਪੁਰ

Where is Khairulapur?

Khairulapur is a village of Nakodar tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Nakodar, about 23 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nakodar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029982, and it covers 263 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 999 people in Khairulapur: 510 men and 489 women, living in 190 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 263 hectares, the population density works out to about 380 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 959 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 125, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 831 people, about 83 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.03 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.3 per cent and women at 68.92 per cent. The census recorded 274 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 251 main workers, the largest group, 113, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 82 other workers in trade, transport and services and 55 agricultural labourers. A further 23 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khairulapur's land. Of the village's 263 hectares, 250 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (250 hectares). About 13 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 113 cultivators and 78 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 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Khairulapur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Nakodar, about 23 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Nakodar, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Singhpur, Khaira Mushtarka, Dhuggar and Lohgarh.

What is the population of Khairulapur?

The population of Khairulapur was 999 at the 2011 census, living in 190 households in Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Khairulapur have?

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