Usmanpurਉਸਮਨਪੁਰ

Where is Usmanpur?

Usmanpur is a village of Jalandhar East tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jalandhar, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalandhar (East) community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030374, and it covers 99 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 453 people in Usmanpur: 243 men and 210 women, living in 92 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 99 hectares, the population density works out to about 458 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 864 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 55, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 252 people, about 56 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.63 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.13 per cent and women at 69.35 per cent. The census recorded 165 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 159 main workers, the largest group, 122, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 30 cultivators on their own land and 4 agricultural labourers. A further 6 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Usmanpur's land. Of the village's 99 hectares, 76 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (76 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 30 cultivators and 4 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Usmanpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Jalandhar, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Jalandhar East, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Luhar Nangal, Nangal Purdil, Subhana and Dhanal.

What is the population of Usmanpur?

The population of Usmanpur was 453 at the 2011 census, living in 92 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Usmanpur have?

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