Alamdipurਆਲਮਦੀਪੁਰ

Where is Alamdipur?

Alamdipur is a village of Rajpura tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Ghanaur, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ghanaur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036895, and it covers 204 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,050 people in Alamdipur: 569 men and 481 women, living in 198 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 204 hectares, the population density works out to about 515 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 845 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 109, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 265 people, about 25 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.07 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.93 per cent and women at 69.46 per cent. The census recorded 316 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 139 main workers, the largest group, 66, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 64 cultivators on their own land and 5 household industry workers. A further 177 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Alamdipur's land. Of the village's 204 hectares, 185 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 165 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (165 hectares). About 16 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 156 cultivators and 25 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Alamdipur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ghanaur, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Rajpura, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nasirpur, Sialu, Bhat Majra and Sheikhupur.

What is the population of Alamdipur?

The population of Alamdipur was 1,050 at the 2011 census, living in 198 households in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Alamdipur have?

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