Khizerpurਖਿਜ਼ੇਰਪੁਰ

Where is Khizerpur?

Khizerpur is a village of Nabha tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhadson, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nabha community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036447, and it covers 131 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 389 people in Khizerpur: 200 men and 189 women, living in 67 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 131 hectares, the population density works out to about 297 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 945 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 38, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 52 people, about 13 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.5 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.54 per cent and women at 71.26 per cent. The census recorded 123 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 118 main workers, the largest group, 64, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 46 other workers in trade, transport and services and 8 agricultural labourers. A further 5 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khizerpur's land. Of the village's 131 hectares, 117 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (8 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (109 hectares). About 11 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 64 cultivators and 11 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 one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Khizerpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Bhadson, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Nabha, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhari Panechan, Shamaspur, Chahal and Alampur.

What is the population of Khizerpur?

The population of Khizerpur was 389 at the 2011 census, living in 67 households in Nabha tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Khizerpur have?

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