Gajipurਗਜੀਪੁਰ

Where is Gajipur?

Gajipur is a village of Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 4 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 029480, and it covers 225 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 498 people in Gajipur: 252 men and 246 women, living in 98 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 225 hectares, the population density works out to about 221 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 976 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 45, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 150 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.28 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.76 per cent and women at 71.81 per cent. The census recorded 153 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 144 main workers, the largest group, 69, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 42 agricultural labourers and 27 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 9 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gajipur's land. Of the village's 225 hectares, 207 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (207 hectares). About 18 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 69 cultivators and 50 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

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

Gajipur is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Sultanpur Lodhi, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Wadhel Kadim, Sultanpur Rural, Mullan Kala and Derasaidan.

What is the population of Gajipur?

The population of Gajipur was 498 at the 2011 census, living in 98 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Gajipur have?

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