Tajpurਤਜਪੁਰ

Where is Tajpur?

Tajpur is a village in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dhilwan, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhilwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029120, and it covers 227 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 669 people in Tajpur: 345 men and 324 women, living in 122 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 227 hectares, the population density works out to about 294 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 939 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 48, about 7 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 383 people, about 57 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.33 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.87 per cent and women at 69.33 per cent. The census recorded 222 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 219 main workers, the largest group, 77, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 75 agricultural labourers and 67 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 3 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Tajpur's land. Of the village's 227 hectares, 227 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (227 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 77 cultivators and 77 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 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Tajpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dhilwan, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ramidi, Mustafabad, Jai Rampur and Hamira.

What is the population of Tajpur?

The population of Tajpur was 669 at the 2011 census, living in 122 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Tajpur have?

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