Sadiqpurਸਡਿਕਪੁਰ

Where is Sadiqpur?

Sadiqpur is a village of Shahkot tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Shahkot, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Shahkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029823, and it covers 285 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,155 people in Sadiqpur: 609 men and 546 women, living in 218 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 285 hectares, the population density works out to about 405 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 897 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 134, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 591 people, about 51 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.53 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.55 per cent and women at 69.17 per cent. The census recorded 432 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 432 main workers, the largest group, 186, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 135 cultivators on their own land and 109 other workers in trade, transport and services.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sadiqpur's land. Of the village's 285 hectares, 253 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (253 hectares). About 32 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. The census recorded 135 cultivators and 186 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. 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. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Sadiqpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Shahkot, about 8 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 Talwandi Sanghra, Tut Shersingh, Saleman and Kakar Kalan (76).

What is the population of Sadiqpur?

The population of Sadiqpur was 1,155 at the 2011 census, living in 218 households in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Sadiqpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Sadiqpur has a government primary school, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.