Karamjitpurਕਰਂਜਿਟਪੁਰ

Where is Karamjitpur?

Karamjitpur is a village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 5 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 029511, and it covers 154 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 389 people in Karamjitpur: 204 men and 185 women, living in 71 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 154 hectares, the population density works out to about 253 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 907 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 30, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 78 people, about 20 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.01 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.43 per cent and women at 78.41 per cent. The census recorded 141 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 133 main workers, the largest group, 79, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 45 other workers in trade, transport and services and 8 agricultural labourers. A further 8 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Karamjitpur's land. Of the village's 154 hectares, 146 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (146 hectares). About 8 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. With 80 cultivators and 13 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. 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

Karamjitpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 5 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 Mokha, Gill, Amarjitpur and Depewal.

What is the population of Karamjitpur?

The population of Karamjitpur was 389 at the 2011 census, living in 71 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Karamjitpur have?

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