Todarpurਤੋਡਰਪੁਰ

Where is Todarpur?

Todarpur is a village of Samana tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Samana, about 4 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 036194, and it covers 193 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 945 people in Todarpur: 490 men and 455 women, living in 184 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 193 hectares, the population density works out to about 490 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 929 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 111, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 284 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.35 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.46 per cent and women at 59.75 per cent. The census recorded 342 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 302 main workers, the largest group, 175, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 81 cultivators on their own land and 46 agricultural labourers. A further 40 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Todarpur's land. Of the village's 193 hectares, 168 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (168 hectares). About 21 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 83 cultivators and 77 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. The village had its own 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Todarpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Samana, about 4 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 Jamalpur, Dullar, Rajla and Kakra.

What is the population of Todarpur?

The population of Todarpur was 945 at the 2011 census, living in 184 households in Samana tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Todarpur have?

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