Haibat Pindiਹੈਬਟ ਪਿਂਡੀ

Where is Haibat Pindi?

Haibat Pindi is a village of Pathankot tehsil in Pathankot district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dina Nagar, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Narot Jaimal Singh community development block and is served by the Habitat Pindi gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 027757, and it covers 146 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,223 people in Haibat Pindi: 643 men and 580 women, living in 249 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 146 hectares, the population density works out to about 838 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 902 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 135, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 551 people, about 45 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 90.3 per cent and women at 75.05 per cent. The census recorded 387 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 296 main workers, the largest group, 129, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 128 agricultural labourers and 35 cultivators on their own land. A further 91 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Haibat Pindi's land. Of the village's 146 hectares, 127 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (127 hectares). About 19 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 39 cultivators and 200 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Haibat Pindi is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Dina Nagar, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Pathankot, the tehsil headquarters, and Pathankot, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Saharanpur, Khokhar Kotli, Chela Chak and Rakwal.

What is the population of Haibat Pindi?

The population of Haibat Pindi was 1,223 at the 2011 census, living in 249 households in Pathankot tehsil of Pathankot district.

What facilities does Haibat Pindi have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Haibat Pindi 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.