Dhapaiਧਪਾਈ

Where is Dhapai?

Dhapai is a village in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Jalandhar, about 6 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 029251, and it covers 221 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,208 people in Dhapai: 635 men and 573 women, living in 265 households, an average of about 4.6 people per household. Spread over its 221 hectares, the population density works out to about 547 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 902 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 106, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 331 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.76 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.57 per cent and women at 76.68 per cent. The census recorded 410 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 393 main workers, the largest group, 149, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 129 other workers in trade, transport and services and 110 agricultural labourers. A further 17 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dhapai's land. Of the village's 221 hectares, 180 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (180 hectares). About 40 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 153 cultivators and 119 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, 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 and a dispensary. 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. 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

Dhapai is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Jalandhar, about 6 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 Gobindpur, Ibban, Aujla Banwali and Rasulpur Brahmanan.

What is the population of Dhapai?

The population of Dhapai was 1,208 at the 2011 census, living in 265 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Dhapai have?

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