Akbarpuraਅਕਬਰਪੁਰਾ

Where is Akbarpura?

Akbarpura is a village in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Patti, about 11 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 038161, and it covers 307 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,473 people in Akbarpura: 767 men and 706 women, living in 232 households, an average of about 6.3 people per household. Spread over its 307 hectares, the population density works out to about 480 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 920 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 191, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 582 people, about 40 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.97 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.71 per cent and women at 62.88 per cent. The census recorded 429 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 343 main workers, the largest group, 163, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 111 other workers in trade, transport and services and 62 agricultural labourers. A further 86 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Akbarpura's land. Of the village's 307 hectares, 273 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (273 hectares). About 34 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 168 cultivators and 105 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own 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

Akbarpura is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Patti, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Manakpura, Paragpura, Manhala Jai Singh and Dhariwal.

What is the population of Akbarpura?

The population of Akbarpura was 1,473 at the 2011 census, living in 232 households in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Akbarpura have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Akbarpura has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.