Sultanpur Ruralਸੁਲਤਾਨਪੁਰ ਰੂਰਲ

Where is Sultanpur Rural?

Sultanpur Rural 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 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sultanpur Lodhi community development block and is served by the Sultanpur (Rural) gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029481, and it covers 106 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,105 people in Sultanpur Rural: 1,085 men and 1,020 women, living in 416 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 106 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,993 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 940 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 300, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 481 people, about 23 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 54.68 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 59.15 per cent and women at 49.77 per cent. The census recorded 878 workers, about 42 per cent of the village. Of the 525 main workers, the largest group, 439, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 60 other workers in trade, transport and services and 19 cultivators on their own land. A further 353 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sultanpur Rural's land. Of the village's 106 hectares, 2 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (2 hectares). About 104 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 20 cultivators and 728 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Sultanpur Rural is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Sultanpur Lodhi, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gajipur, Derasaidan, Wadhel Kadim and Wadhel Mauja.

What is the population of Sultanpur Rural?

The population of Sultanpur Rural was 2,105 at the 2011 census, living in 416 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Sultanpur Rural have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Sultanpur Rural has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.