Hazipurਹਜ਼ੀਪੁਰ

Where is Hazipur?

Hazipur 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 8 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 029456, and it covers 149 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 300 people in Hazipur: 153 men and 147 women, living in 55 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 149 hectares, the population density works out to about 201 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 961 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 27, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 137 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.39 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.29 per cent and women at 72.18 per cent. The census recorded 99 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 99 main workers, the largest group, 47, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 40 agricultural labourers and 12 other workers in trade, transport and services.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Hazipur's land. Of the village's 149 hectares, 141 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (141 hectares). About 8 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 47 cultivators and 40 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5.

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

Hazipur is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Shahdullahpur, Bhim Kadim, Mand Mubarakpur and Bhim, Jadid.

What is the population of Hazipur?

The population of Hazipur was 300 at the 2011 census, living in 55 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Hazipur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Hazipur has a government primary school. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.