Rajpura Urf Hussainpuraਰਜਪੁਰਾ ਉਰਫ ਹੁਸੈਨਪੁਰਾ

Where is Rajpura Urf Hussainpura?

Rajpura Urf Hussainpura is a village of Ludhiana West tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Ludhiana, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ludhiana-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033613, and it covers 168 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,117 people in Rajpura Urf Hussainpura: 621 men and 496 women, living in 258 households, an average of about 4.3 people per household. Spread over its 168 hectares, the population density works out to about 665 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 799 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 143, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 549 people, about 49 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.51 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.04 per cent and women at 60.99 per cent. The census recorded 444 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 404 main workers, the largest group, 299, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 58 cultivators on their own land and 27 agricultural labourers. A further 40 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rajpura Urf Hussainpura's land. Of the village's 168 hectares, 147 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (147 hectares). About 21 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. With 70 cultivators and 27 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 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 a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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

Rajpura Urf Hussainpura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Ludhiana, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Ludhiana West, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Hussainpura, Bahadarke, Jassian and Qutabewal Araian.

What is the population of Rajpura Urf Hussainpura?

The population of Rajpura Urf Hussainpura was 1,117 at the 2011 census, living in 258 households in Ludhiana West tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Rajpura Urf Hussainpura have?

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