Aladinpurਅਲਡਿਨਪੁਰ

Where is Aladinpur?

Aladinpur is a village of Tarn Taran tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Tarn Taran community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037941, and it covers 317 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,653 people in Aladinpur: 1,376 men and 1,277 women, living in 455 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 317 hectares, the population density works out to about 837 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 928 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 349, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 954 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.66 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.84 per cent and women at 67.15 per cent. The census recorded 803 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 735 main workers, the largest group, 467, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 191 cultivators on their own land and 53 household industry workers. A further 68 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Aladinpur's land. Of the village's 317 hectares, 258 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (212 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (46 hectares). About 59 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. With 193 cultivators and 27 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, 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 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Aladinpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Tarn Taran, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jodhpur, Bachrhe, Bugha and Sanghe.

What is the population of Aladinpur?

The population of Aladinpur was 2,653 at the 2011 census, living in 455 households in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Aladinpur have?

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