Panjupurਪਂਜੁਪੁਰ

Where is Panjupur?

Panjupur is a village of Pathankot tehsil in Pathankot district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Pathankot, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Pathankot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 027537, and it covers 122 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 585 people in Panjupur: 319 men and 266 women, living in 125 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 122 hectares, the population density works out to about 480 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 834 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 49, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 127 people, about 22 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 89.37 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 95.21 per cent and women at 82.38 per cent. The census recorded 191 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 177 main workers, the largest group, 165, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 9 cultivators on their own land and 2 agricultural labourers. A further 14 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Panjupur's land. Of the village's 122 hectares, 40 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (35 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (5 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 10 cultivators and 2 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 2 government middle schools, 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 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Panjupur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Pathankot, about 12 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 Bias Lahri, Fatehgarh, Mirzapur and Chhani Maqimpur.

What is the population of Panjupur?

The population of Panjupur was 585 at the 2011 census, living in 125 households in Pathankot tehsil of Pathankot district.

What facilities does Panjupur have?

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