Barsalpurਬਰਸਲਪੁਰ

Where is Barsalpur?

Barsalpur is a village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Puadh region, and the 2011 directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chamkaur Sahib community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038869, and it covers 284 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,106 people in Barsalpur: 1,156 men and 950 women, living in 392 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 284 hectares, the population density works out to about 742 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 822 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 226, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 971 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.59 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.85 per cent and women at 65.41 per cent. The census recorded 1,095 workers, about 52 per cent of the village. Of the 1,005 main workers, the largest group, 677, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 233 cultivators on their own land and 57 household industry workers. A further 90 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Barsalpur's land. Of the village's 284 hectares, 233 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 179 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (179 hectares). About 50 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. With 242 cultivators and 43 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 human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Barsalpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Chamkaur Sahib, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gobindpur Alias Dhespur, Rurkee, Bhurara and Pipal Majra.

What is the population of Barsalpur?

The population of Barsalpur was 2,106 at the 2011 census, living in 392 households in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Barsalpur have?

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