Kabirpurਕਬਿਰਪੁਰ

Where is Kabirpur?

Kabirpur 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 13 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 029464, and it covers 210 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 940 people in Kabirpur: 479 men and 461 women, living in 148 households, an average of about 6.4 people per household. Spread over its 210 hectares, the population density works out to about 447 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 962 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 125, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 448 people, about 48 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.96 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.13 per cent and women at 65.76 per cent. The census recorded 385 workers, about 41 per cent of the village. Of the 301 main workers, the largest group, 123, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 116 cultivators on their own land and 59 agricultural labourers. A further 84 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kabirpur's land. Of the village's 210 hectares, 194 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (194 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. With 139 cultivators and 96 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. Banking was available in the village itself, with a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kabirpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 13 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 Silla, Patti Bhalu Bahadur, Thakar Kaura and Lodhiwal.

What is the population of Kabirpur?

The population of Kabirpur was 940 at the 2011 census, living in 148 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Kabirpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kabirpur has government schools from primary to middle school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.