Khurdpurਖੁਰਦਪੁਰ

Where is Khurdpur?

Khurdpur is a village of Jalandhar East tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Adampur, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Adampur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030304, and it covers 236 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,877 people in Khurdpur: 1,475 men and 1,402 women, living in 694 households, an average of about 4.1 people per household. Spread over its 236 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,219 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 951 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 260, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,295 people, about 45 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 88.19 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 91.47 per cent and women at 84.71 per cent. The census recorded 824 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 792 main workers, the largest group, 632, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 94 cultivators on their own land and 46 agricultural labourers. A further 32 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khurdpur's land. Of the village's 236 hectares, 187 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (187 hectares). About 46 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 97 cultivators and 48 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch and an ATM. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 14 hours a day.

Getting there

Khurdpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Adampur, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Jalandhar East, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kariana (Jalandhar I), Fatehpur, Kupur and Chhatowali.

What is the population of Khurdpur?

The population of Khurdpur was 2,877 at the 2011 census, living in 694 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Khurdpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Khurdpur has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.