Badanpurਬਦਨਪੁਰ

Where is Badanpur?

Badanpur is a village in Samana tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Samana, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Samana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036189, and it covers 336 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,695 people in Badanpur: 923 men and 772 women, living in 361 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 336 hectares, the population density works out to about 504 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 836 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 282, about 17 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 812 people, about 48 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 43.81 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 46.99 per cent and women at 40.06 per cent. The census recorded 922 workers, about 54 per cent of the village. Of the 220 main workers, the largest group, 144, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 41 cultivators on their own land and 24 agricultural labourers. A further 702 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Badanpur's land. Of the village's 336 hectares, 283 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (283 hectares). About 32 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 49 cultivators and 45 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Badanpur is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Samana, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Samana, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Malkana, Kamashpur, Fatehgarh Urf Retgarh and Kotla Nasru.

What is the population of Badanpur?

The population of Badanpur was 1,695 at the 2011 census, living in 361 households in Samana tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Badanpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Badanpur has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.