Suchetgarhਸੁਚੇਟਗੜ੍ਹ

Where is Suchetgarh?

Suchetgarh 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 029517, and it covers 340 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 489 people in Suchetgarh: 241 men and 248 women, living in 92 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 340 hectares, the population density works out to about 144 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1029 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 35, about 7 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 59 people, about 12 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 77.31 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.28 per cent and women at 76.39 per cent. The census recorded 152 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 136 main workers, the largest group, 93, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 41 other workers in trade, transport and services and 2 agricultural labourers. A further 16 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Suchetgarh's land. Of the village's 340 hectares, 306 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (306 hectares). About 23 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 95 cultivators and 9 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 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 a PDS ration shop and 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Suchetgarh 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 Farid Sarai, Jabbowal, Shatabgarh and Raman.

What is the population of Suchetgarh?

The population of Suchetgarh was 489 at the 2011 census, living in 92 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Suchetgarh have?

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