Kutlupurਕੁਟਲੂਪੁਰ

Where is Kutlupur?

Kutlupur is a village of Jalandhar West tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jalandhar, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalandhar (West) community development block and is served by the Gakhal gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030430, and it covers 123 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 49 people in Kutlupur: 26 men and 23 women, living in 10 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 123 hectares, the population density works out to about 40 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 885 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 5, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 21 people, about 43 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.55 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.17 per cent and women at 80 per cent. The census recorded 16 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 16 main workers, the largest group, 10, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 6 cultivators on their own land.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kutlupur's land. Of the village's 123 hectares, 102 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (11 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (91 hectares). About 21 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 6 cultivators and 0 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. 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 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 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Kutlupur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Jalandhar, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Gakhal, Shafipur, Chogawan and Zinokot.

What is the population of Kutlupur?

The population of Kutlupur was 49 at the 2011 census, living in 10 households in Jalandhar West tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Kutlupur have?

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