Seikhpurਸੇਇਖਪੁਰ

Where is Seikhpur?

Seikhpur is a village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Puadh region, and the 2011 directory recorded Anandpur Sahib, about 18 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nurpur Bedi community development block and is served by the Sekhpura gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038458, and it covers 74 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 370 people in Seikhpur: 186 men and 184 women, living in 75 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 74 hectares, the population density works out to about 500 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 989 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 30, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 104 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.88 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.87 per cent and women at 69.82 per cent. The census recorded 112 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 79 main workers, the largest group, 42, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 25 other workers in trade, transport and services and 12 agricultural labourers. A further 33 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Seikhpur's land. Of the village's 74 hectares, 63 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (63 hectares). About 11 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 14 hours a day. With 54 cultivators and 31 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Seikhpur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Anandpur Sahib, about 18 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Anandpur Sahib, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bassi, Lalpur, Shahpur and Asalatpur.

What is the population of Seikhpur?

The population of Seikhpur was 370 at the 2011 census, living in 75 households in Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Seikhpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Seikhpur has an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.