Ahmedpurਅਹਿਮਦਪੁਰ

Where is Ahmedpur?

Ahmedpur is a village of Patti tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Patti, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Patti community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038155, and it covers 219 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 966 people in Ahmedpur: 498 men and 468 women, living in 178 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 219 hectares, the population density works out to about 441 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 940 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 96, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 371 people, about 38 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.33 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.64 per cent and women at 66.67 per cent. The census recorded 300 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 300 main workers, the largest group, 116, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 96 agricultural labourers and 87 other workers in trade, transport and services.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ahmedpur's land. Of the village's 219 hectares, 197 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (197 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 116 cultivators and 96 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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

Ahmedpur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Patti, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Patti, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bargari, Mughal, Bua and Kacha Pakka.

What is the population of Ahmedpur?

The population of Ahmedpur was 966 at the 2011 census, living in 178 households in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Ahmedpur have?

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