Rasulpur Chistyਰਸੂਲਪੁਰ ਚਿਸਟਯ

Where is Rasulpur Chisty?

Rasulpur Chisty is a village in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kapurthala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029283, and it covers 45 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 819 people in Rasulpur Chisty: 436 men and 383 women, living in 183 households, an average of about 4.5 people per household. Spread over its 45 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,820 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 878 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 91, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 92 people, about 11 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 89.01 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 92.45 per cent and women at 85.17 per cent. The census recorded 255 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 231 main workers, the largest group, 200, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 26 cultivators on their own land and 4 household industry workers. A further 24 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rasulpur Chisty's land. Of the village's 45 hectares, 10 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (10 hectares). About 35 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 4 hours a day. With 26 cultivators and 1 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 2 government primary schools, 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, an allopathic hospital, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Rasulpur Chisty is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Kapurthala, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jalal Bholana, Bibri, Jhal Bibri and Brindpur.

What is the population of Rasulpur Chisty?

The population of Rasulpur Chisty was 819 at the 2011 census, living in 183 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Rasulpur Chisty have?

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