Wadhel Harnampurਵਧੇਲ ਹਰਨਮਪੁਰ

Where is Wadhel Harnampur?

Wadhel Harnampur 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 5 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 029485, and it covers 84 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 392 people in Wadhel Harnampur: 196 men and 196 women, living in 72 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 84 hectares, the population density works out to about 464 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1000 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 36, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 123 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.97 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.24 per cent and women at 71.04 per cent. The census recorded 133 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 126 main workers, the largest group, 53, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 41 agricultural labourers and 30 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Wadhel Harnampur's land. Of the village's 84 hectares, 74 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (74 hectares). About 10 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 56 cultivators and 43 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, 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Wadhel Harnampur is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 5 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 Mewa Singhwala, Randhirpur, Wadhel Mauja and Chakkotla.

What is the population of Wadhel Harnampur?

The population of Wadhel Harnampur was 392 at the 2011 census, living in 72 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Wadhel Harnampur have?

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