Saidpurਸੈਦਪੁਰ

Where is Saidpur?

Saidpur is a village of Chamkaur Sahib tehsil in Rupnagar district, Punjab, in the Puadh region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 2 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 038866, and it covers 152 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 442 people in Saidpur: 239 men and 203 women, living in 74 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 152 hectares, the population density works out to about 291 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 849 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 38, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 45 people, about 10 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.41 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.07 per cent and women at 80.11 per cent. The census recorded 280 workers, about 63 per cent of the village. Of the 236 main workers, the largest group, 102, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 74 household industry workers and 53 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 44 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Saidpur's land. Of the village's 152 hectares, 139 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (139 hectares). About 13 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 106 cultivators and 7 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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

Saidpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Chuhar Majra, Bhurara, Sandhuan and Gobindpur Alias Dhespur.

What is the population of Saidpur?

The population of Saidpur was 442 at the 2011 census, living in 74 households in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Saidpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Saidpur has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.