Gobindpura Alias Paindਗੋਬਿੰਦਪੁਰਾ ਅਲਿਆਸ ਪੈਂਡ

Where is Gobindpura Alias Paind?

Gobindpura Alias Paind is a village in Patran tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Patran, about 11 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Patran community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036247, and it covers 752 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,076 people in Gobindpura Alias Paind: 1,071 men and 1,005 women, living in 389 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 752 hectares, the population density works out to about 276 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 938 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 273, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 926 people, about 45 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 57.96 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 63.1 per cent and women at 52.42 per cent. The census recorded 567 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 547 main workers, the largest group, 286, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 171 agricultural labourers and 68 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 20 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gobindpura Alias Paind's land. Of the village's 752 hectares, 668 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (668 hectares). About 84 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 297 cultivators and 172 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, 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.

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 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Gobindpura Alias Paind is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Patran, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Patran, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gulahar, Nurpura, Jogewala and Gafurpura Alias Maulviwala.

What is the population of Gobindpura Alias Paind?

The population of Gobindpura Alias Paind was 2,076 at the 2011 census, living in 389 households in Patran tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Gobindpura Alias Paind have?

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