Shahadatpurਸ਼ਹਡਟਪੁਰ

Where is Shahadatpur?

Shahadatpur is a village of Malerkotla tehsil in Malerkotla district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Malerkotla, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malerkotla-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039560, and it covers 340 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,620 people in Shahadatpur: 876 men and 744 women, living in 326 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 340 hectares, the population density works out to about 476 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 849 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 173, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 569 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.77 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.84 per cent and women at 64.64 per cent. The census recorded 509 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 458 main workers, the largest group, 261, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 154 cultivators on their own land and 40 agricultural labourers. A further 51 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shahadatpur's land. Of the village's 340 hectares, 310 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (310 hectares). About 30 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 154 cultivators and 52 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, 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. 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 14 hours a day.

Getting there

Shahadatpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Malerkotla, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Dalelgarh, Naudharani, Faizgarh and Mehdevi.

What is the population of Shahadatpur?

The population of Shahadatpur was 1,620 at the 2011 census, living in 326 households in Malerkotla tehsil of Malerkotla district.

What facilities does Shahadatpur have?

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