Saidpurਸੈਡਪੁਰ

Where is Saidpur?

Saidpur is a village of Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 15 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 029365, and it covers 358 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,464 people in Saidpur: 770 men and 694 women, living in 292 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 358 hectares, the population density works out to about 409 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 901 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 136, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 480 people, about 33 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.2 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.41 per cent and women at 69.18 per cent. The census recorded 585 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 505 main workers, the largest group, 224, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 155 agricultural labourers and 115 cultivators on their own land. A further 80 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Saidpur's land. Of the village's 358 hectares, 330 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (330 hectares). About 28 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 122 cultivators and 184 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Saidpur is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Kapurthala, about 15 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 Thatta, Sujo Kalia, Kalubhatia and Mullan Baha.

What is the population of Saidpur?

The population of Saidpur was 1,464 at the 2011 census, living in 292 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Saidpur have?

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