Shahjahanpurਸ਼ਹਜਹਨਪੁਰ

Where is Shahjahanpur?

Shahjahanpur is a village in Raikot tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Raikot, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Raikot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033743, and it covers 291 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 822 people in Shahjahanpur: 444 men and 378 women, living in 166 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 291 hectares, the population density works out to about 282 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 851 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 72, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 489 people, about 59 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.53 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.7 per cent and women at 77.62 per cent. The census recorded 410 workers, about 50 per cent of the village. Of the 200 main workers, the largest group, 156, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 40 other workers in trade, transport and services and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 210 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shahjahanpur's land. Of the village's 291 hectares, 262 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (36 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (226 hectares). About 29 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. The census recorded 168 cultivators and 199 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Shahjahanpur is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Raikot, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Raikot, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ramgarh Sibian, Bassian (Raikot), Boparai Khurd and Siloani.

What is the population of Shahjahanpur?

The population of Shahjahanpur was 822 at the 2011 census, living in 166 households in Raikot tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Shahjahanpur have?

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