Boolpurਬੂਲਪੁਰ

Where is Boolpur?

Boolpur is a village of Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 18 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 029359, and it covers 251 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,041 people in Boolpur: 539 men and 502 women, living in 209 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 251 hectares, the population density works out to about 415 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 931 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 110, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 367 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.42 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.76 per cent and women at 74.84 per cent. The census recorded 411 workers, about 39 per cent of the village. Of the 396 main workers, the largest group, 157, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 141 cultivators on their own land and 96 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 15 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Boolpur's land. Of the village's 251 hectares, 227 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (227 hectares). About 23 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 141 cultivators and 170 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Boolpur 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 18 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Patti Sardar Nabi Bakhash, Todarwal, Chak Todarwal and Dariewal.

What is the population of Boolpur?

The population of Boolpur was 1,041 at the 2011 census, living in 209 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Boolpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Boolpur 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.