Shangarpurਸ਼ਂਗਰਪੁਰ

Where is Shangarpur?

Shangarpur is a village in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 11 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Naushera Pannuan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037956, and it covers 129 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 597 people in Shangarpur: 302 men and 295 women, living in 133 households, an average of about 4.5 people per household. Spread over its 129 hectares, the population density works out to about 463 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 977 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 60, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 150 people, about 25 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.21 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.96 per cent and women at 73.41 per cent. The census recorded 167 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 146 main workers, the largest group, 75, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 63 other workers in trade, transport and services and 7 agricultural labourers. A further 21 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shangarpur's land. Of the village's 129 hectares, 112 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (112 hectares). About 17 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 76 cultivators and 12 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, 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. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Shangarpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Tarn Taran, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Rai Shiana, Warana, Sheikh Chak and Dugri.

What is the population of Shangarpur?

The population of Shangarpur was 597 at the 2011 census, living in 133 households in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Shangarpur have?

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