Balehar Khanpurਬਲੇਹਰ ਖਾਨਪੁਰ

Where is Balehar Khanpur?

Balehar Khanpur is a village of Kapurthala tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 13 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kapurthala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029302, and it covers 234 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 726 people in Balehar Khanpur: 375 men and 351 women, living in 146 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 234 hectares, the population density works out to about 311 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 936 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 73, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 174 people, about 24 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.57 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.94 per cent and women at 69.04 per cent. The census recorded 209 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 200 main workers, the largest group, 81, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 64 other workers in trade, transport and services and 32 agricultural labourers. A further 9 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Balehar Khanpur's land. Of the village's 234 hectares, 202 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (202 hectares). About 32 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 82 cultivators and 36 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, an allopathic hospital, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch and a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Balehar Khanpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Kapurthala, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jalo Bhati, Kadrabad, Sidhpur and Malu Brahamanan.

What is the population of Balehar Khanpur?

The population of Balehar Khanpur was 726 at the 2011 census, living in 146 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Balehar Khanpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Balehar Khanpur has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office.