Dialpurਦਿਆਲਪੁਰ

Where is Dialpur?

Dialpur is a village of Kapurthala tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhilwan, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhilwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029124, and it covers 535 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,995 people in Dialpur: 2,240 men and 1,755 women, living in 918 households, an average of about 4.4 people per household. Spread over its 535 hectares, the population density works out to about 746 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 783 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 398, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,154 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.29 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.67 per cent and women at 73.42 per cent. The census recorded 1,369 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 1,276 main workers, the largest group, 1,121, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 88 cultivators on their own land and 46 household industry workers. A further 93 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dialpur's land. Of the village's 535 hectares, 452 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (452 hectares). About 83 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 107 cultivators and 23 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 2 government primary schools, 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 human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had 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

Dialpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dhilwan, about 10 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 Murar, Lakhan Khurd, Hamira and Lakhan Kalan.

What is the population of Dialpur?

The population of Dialpur was 3,995 at the 2011 census, living in 918 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Dialpur have?

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