Shahpurਸ਼ਾਹਪੁਰ

Where is Shahpur?

Shahpur is a village of Bhawanigarh tehsil in Sangrur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhawani Garh, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bhawanigarh community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039695, and it covers 142 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 640 people in Shahpur: 333 men and 307 women, living in 124 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 142 hectares, the population density works out to about 451 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 922 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 56, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 138 people, about 22 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.03 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.31 per cent and women at 67.51 per cent. The census recorded 207 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 203 main workers, the largest group, 197, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 4 other workers in trade, transport and services and 1 agricultural labourers. A further 4 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shahpur's land. Of the village's 142 hectares, 130 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (6 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (124 hectares). About 10 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 199 cultivators and 2 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. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Shahpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhawani Garh, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Bhawanigarh, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kheri Gillan, Kalajhar, Nakta and Fatehnagar Alias Munshiwala.

What is the population of Shahpur?

The population of Shahpur was 640 at the 2011 census, living in 124 households in Bhawanigarh tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Shahpur have?

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