Bakarpurਬਕਰਪੁਰ

Where is Bakarpur?

Bakarpur is a village of Bhulath tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhulath, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nadala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029017, and it covers 194 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 462 people in Bakarpur: 225 men and 237 women, living in 108 households, an average of about 4.3 people per household. Spread over its 194 hectares, the population density works out to about 238 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1053 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 45, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 6 people, about 1 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.58 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.79 per cent and women at 75.91 per cent. The census recorded 95 workers, about 21 per cent of the village. Of the 91 main workers, the largest group, 66, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 16 other workers in trade, transport and services and 5 household industry workers. A further 4 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bakarpur's land. Of the village's 194 hectares, 174 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (174 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 66 cultivators and 5 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, 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bakarpur is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Bhulath, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Bhulath, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chak Shah Kala, Miranpur, Talwara and Raipur Peerbakhshwala.

What is the population of Bakarpur?

The population of Bakarpur was 462 at the 2011 census, living in 108 households in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Bakarpur have?

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