Badshahpurਬਡਸ਼ਹਪੁਰ

Where is Badshahpur?

Badshahpur is a village of Malerkotla tehsil in Malerkotla district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Malerkotla, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malerkotla-I community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039471, and it covers 330 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,815 people in Badshahpur: 943 men and 872 women, living in 353 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 330 hectares, the population density works out to about 550 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 925 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 223, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 380 people, about 21 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.17 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.81 per cent and women at 62.92 per cent. The census recorded 596 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 508 main workers, the largest group, 309, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 123 cultivators on their own land and 40 agricultural labourers. A further 88 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Badshahpur's land. Of the village's 330 hectares, 298 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (298 hectares). About 28 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 131 cultivators and 51 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. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Badshahpur is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Malerkotla, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Malerkotla, the tehsil headquarters, and Malerkotla town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Saraud, Hathoa and Haider Nagar.

What is the population of Badshahpur?

The population of Badshahpur was 1,815 at the 2011 census, living in 353 households in Malerkotla tehsil of Malerkotla district.

What facilities does Badshahpur have?

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