Khanpurਖਾਨਪੁਰ

Where is Khanpur?

Khanpur is a village in Ludhiana West tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Ludhiana, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dehlon community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033578, and it covers 675 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,567 people in Khanpur: 1,855 men and 1,712 women, living in 673 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 675 hectares, the population density works out to about 528 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 923 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 332, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,383 people, about 39 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.17 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.84 per cent and women at 75.15 per cent. The census recorded 1,487 workers, about 42 per cent of the village. Of the 1,312 main workers, the largest group, 837, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 340 cultivators on their own land and 99 agricultural labourers. A further 175 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khanpur's land. Of the village's 675 hectares, 605 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (109 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (496 hectares). About 70 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. With 346 cultivators and 120 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Khanpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ludhiana, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Ludhiana West, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dangora, Harnampura, Sarih and Sangowal.

What is the population of Khanpur?

The population of Khanpur was 3,567 at the 2011 census, living in 673 households in Ludhiana West tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Khanpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Khanpur has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.