Harpalpurਹਰਪਲਪੁਰ

Where is Harpalpur?

Harpalpur is a village of Rajpura tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rajpura, about 13 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 036905, and it covers 755 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,297 people in Harpalpur: 1,798 men and 1,499 women, living in 572 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 755 hectares, the population density works out to about 437 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 834 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 326, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 538 people, about 16 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.82 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.04 per cent and women at 69.88 per cent. The census recorded 1,067 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 936 main workers, the largest group, 472, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 395 other workers in trade, transport and services and 56 agricultural labourers. A further 131 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Harpalpur's land. Of the village's 755 hectares, 686 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (686 hectares). About 57 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 490 cultivators and 95 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, 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, a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, an allopathic hospital and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Harpalpur is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rajpura, about 13 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 Shahpur Raian, Mandauli, Ghungran and Ajrawar.

What is the population of Harpalpur?

The population of Harpalpur was 3,297 at the 2011 census, living in 572 households in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Harpalpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Harpalpur 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.