Bhagwanpurਭਗਵਾਨਪੁਰ

Where is Bhagwanpur?

Bhagwanpur is a village of Kapurthala tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 2 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 029276, and it covers 230 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 855 people in Bhagwanpur: 432 men and 423 women, living in 140 households, an average of about 6.1 people per household. Spread over its 230 hectares, the population density works out to about 372 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 979 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 97, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 347 people, about 41 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.77 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.12 per cent and women at 65.24 per cent. The census recorded 283 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 260 main workers, the largest group, 149, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 76 cultivators on their own land and 27 agricultural labourers. A further 23 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhagwanpur's land. Of the village's 230 hectares, 226 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (226 hectares). About 4 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 81 cultivators and 33 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.

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

Bhagwanpur 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 2 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 Kapurthala Rural, Jhugian Gulam, Sheikhupur and Majahadpur.

What is the population of Bhagwanpur?

The population of Bhagwanpur was 855 at the 2011 census, living in 140 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Bhagwanpur have?

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