Biharipurਬਿਹਰੀਪੁਰ

Where is Biharipur?

Biharipur is a village in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 12 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 029294, and it covers 289 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 954 people in Biharipur: 486 men and 468 women, living in 208 households, an average of about 4.6 people per household. Spread over its 289 hectares, the population density works out to about 330 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 963 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 61, about 6 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 126 people, about 13 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.96 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.22 per cent and women at 75.62 per cent. The census recorded 272 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 260 main workers, the largest group, 123, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 77 other workers in trade, transport and services and 32 household industry workers. A further 12 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Biharipur's land. Of the village's 289 hectares, 244 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (244 hectares). About 36 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 124 cultivators and 30 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 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 and an internet common service centre. 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

Biharipur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Kapurthala, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhalaipur, Bhandal Dona, Pakhowal and Khanowal.

What is the population of Biharipur?

The population of Biharipur was 954 at the 2011 census, living in 208 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Biharipur have?

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