Jaswantpura Alias Hotipurਜਸਵਂਟਪੁਰਾ ਅਲੀਆਸ ਹੋਟੀਪੁਰ

Where is Jaswantpura Alias Hotipur?

Jaswantpura Alias Hotipur is a village in Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Khanauri, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Andana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039952, and it covers 499 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,000 people in Jaswantpura Alias Hotipur: 512 men and 488 women, living in 179 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 499 hectares, the population density works out to about 200 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 953 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 99, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 85 people, about 8 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.37 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 69.28 per cent and women at 63.35 per cent. The census recorded 245 workers, about 24 per cent of the village. Of the 210 main workers, the largest group, 185, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 23 other workers in trade, transport and services and 1 agricultural labourers. A further 35 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jaswantpura Alias Hotipur's land. Of the village's 499 hectares, 464 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (464 hectares). About 35 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 193 cultivators and 4 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 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Jaswantpura Alias Hotipur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Khanauri, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Moonak, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nawangaon, Baupur, Shahpur Nauabad Alias Ther I and Andana.

What is the population of Jaswantpura Alias Hotipur?

The population of Jaswantpura Alias Hotipur was 1,000 at the 2011 census, living in 179 households in Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Jaswantpura Alias Hotipur have?

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