Harchandpurਹਰਚੰਦਪੁਰ

Where is Harchandpur?

Harchandpur is a village of Dhuri tehsil in Sangrur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhuri, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhuri community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039658, and it covers 548 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,560 people in Harchandpur: 848 men and 712 women, living in 301 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 548 hectares, the population density works out to about 285 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 840 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 162, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 643 people, about 41 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.52 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.79 per cent and women at 52.66 per cent. The census recorded 1,088 workers, about 70 per cent of the village. Of the 672 main workers, the largest group, 230, were household industry workers, ahead of 208 cultivators on their own land and 159 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 416 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Harchandpur's land. Of the village's 548 hectares, 484 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (484 hectares). About 64 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 261 cultivators and 101 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 and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Harchandpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dhuri, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Dhuri, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhura, Dhandra, Dohla and Sherpur Sodhian.

What is the population of Harchandpur?

The population of Harchandpur was 1,560 at the 2011 census, living in 301 households in Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Harchandpur have?

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