Salehpurਸਲੇਹਪੁਰ

Where is Salehpur?

Salehpur 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 8 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 029401, and it covers 148 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 867 people in Salehpur: 431 men and 436 women, living in 180 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 148 hectares, the population density works out to about 585 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1012 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 107, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 609 people, about 70 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.76 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.04 per cent and women at 67.54 per cent. The census recorded 336 workers, about 39 per cent of the village. Of the 334 main workers, the largest group, 192, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 103 other workers in trade, transport and services and 38 cultivators on their own land. A further 2 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Salehpur's land. Of the village's 148 hectares, 135 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (135 hectares). About 14 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 38 cultivators and 194 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Salehpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 8 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 Talwandi Chaudhrian, Sawal, Faridpur and Patti Bakarpur.

What is the population of Salehpur?

The population of Salehpur was 867 at the 2011 census, living in 180 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Salehpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Salehpur has an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.