Shahpurਸ਼ਾਹਪੁਰ

Where is Shahpur?

Shahpur is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Phillaur, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Phillaur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030146, and it covers 217 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,722 people in Shahpur: 890 men and 832 women, living in 352 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 217 hectares, the population density works out to about 793 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 935 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 166, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 930 people, about 54 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.55 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 89.69 per cent and women at 77.14 per cent. The census recorded 540 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 483 main workers, the largest group, 392, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 71 cultivators on their own land and 15 household industry workers. A further 57 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shahpur's land. Of the village's 217 hectares, 188 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (5 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (183 hectares). About 26 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 75 cultivators and 5 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. 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. The village had a sub post office. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Shahpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Phillaur, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Phillaur, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Atti, Tehang, Takhan Muzara and Saifabad.

What is the population of Shahpur?

The population of Shahpur was 1,722 at the 2011 census, living in 352 households in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Shahpur have?

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