Amarjitpurਅਮਰਜਿਟਪੁਰ

Where is Amarjitpur?

Amarjitpur is a village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sultanpur Lodhi community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029509, and it covers 384 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 469 people in Amarjitpur: 252 men and 217 women, living in 90 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 384 hectares, the population density works out to about 122 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 861 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 47, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 37 people, about 8 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 77.01 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.78 per cent and women at 69.5 per cent. The census recorded 143 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 140 main workers, the largest group, 107, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 24 other workers in trade, transport and services and 8 agricultural labourers. A further 3 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Amarjitpur's land. Of the village's 384 hectares, 365 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (365 hectares). About 19 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. With 108 cultivators and 8 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Amarjitpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Sultanpur Lodhi, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ugrupur, Mokha, Shahjahanpur and Karamjitpur.

What is the population of Amarjitpur?

The population of Amarjitpur was 469 at the 2011 census, living in 90 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Amarjitpur have?

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