Raipur Peerbakhshwalaਰਾਏਪੁਰ ਪੀਰਬਖਸ਼ਵਾਲਾ

Where is Raipur Peerbakhshwala?

Raipur Peerbakhshwala is a village of Bhulath tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhulath, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nadala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029019, and it covers 607 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,059 people in Raipur Peerbakhshwala: 1,035 men and 1,024 women, living in 465 households, an average of about 4.4 people per household. Spread over its 607 hectares, the population density works out to about 339 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 989 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 208, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 151 people, about 7 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.15 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.7 per cent and women at 77.67 per cent. The census recorded 536 workers, about 26 per cent of the village. Of the 486 main workers, the largest group, 241, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 150 other workers in trade, transport and services and 80 agricultural labourers. A further 50 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Raipur Peerbakhshwala's land. Of the village's 607 hectares, 542 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (542 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 253 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, 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. The village had its own post office. 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

Raipur Peerbakhshwala is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhulath, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Bhulath, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Miranpur, Mubarakpur, Bakarpur and Sidhwan Bet.

What is the population of Raipur Peerbakhshwala?

The population of Raipur Peerbakhshwala was 2,059 at the 2011 census, living in 465 households in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Raipur Peerbakhshwala have?

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