Harbanspurਹਰਬਂਸਪੁਰ

Where is Harbanspur?

Harbanspur is a village in Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Phagwara, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Phagwara community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029583, and it covers 217 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,876 people in Harbanspur: 1,520 men and 1,356 women, living in 497 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 217 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,325 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 892 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 360, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 193 people, about 7 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.56 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.7 per cent and women at 60.62 per cent. The census recorded 884 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 787 main workers, the largest group, 605, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 105 other workers in trade, transport and services and 75 cultivators on their own land. A further 97 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Harbanspur's land. Of the village's 217 hectares, 184 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (184 hectares). About 17 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 76 cultivators and 616 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. 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. 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

Harbanspur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Phagwara, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Phagwara, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gulabgarh Jattan, Rampur Khalian, Tanda Bhagana and Randhirgarh.

What is the population of Harbanspur?

The population of Harbanspur was 2,876 at the 2011 census, living in 497 households in Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Harbanspur have?

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