Shahpurਸ਼ਾਹਪੁਰ

Where is Shahpur?

Shahpur is a village of Samana tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Samana, about 11 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 036164, and it covers 594 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,292 people in Shahpur: 1,218 men and 1,074 women, living in 431 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 594 hectares, the population density works out to about 386 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 882 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 269, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 782 people, about 34 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.95 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.3 per cent and women at 50.94 per cent. The census recorded 747 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 725 main workers, the largest group, 322, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 276 agricultural labourers and 106 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 22 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shahpur's land. Of the village's 594 hectares, 538 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (538 hectares). About 56 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 325 cultivators and 291 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 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

Shahpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Samana, about 11 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 Premgarh Prem Singhwala, Munda Khera Alias Belumajra, Bujrak and Arain Majra.

What is the population of Shahpur?

The population of Shahpur was 2,292 at the 2011 census, living in 431 households in Samana tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Shahpur have?

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