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Where is Rashidpura?

Rashidpura is a village in Fatehgarh Sahib tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Fatehgarh Sahib, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Khera community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032704, and it covers 178 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 371 people in Rashidpura: 193 men and 178 women, living in 72 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 178 hectares, the population density works out to about 208 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 922 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 31, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 12 people, about 3 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.82 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 89.83 per cent and women at 77.3 per cent. The census recorded 116 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 114 main workers, the largest group, 62, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 47 other workers in trade, transport and services and 5 agricultural labourers. A further 2 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rashidpura's land. Of the village's 178 hectares, 166 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (166 hectares). About 12 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 62 cultivators and 6 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Rashidpura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Sahib, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Fatehgarh Sahib, the tehsil headquarters, and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhirpur, Anaitpura, Randhawa and Saddo Majra.

What is the population of Rashidpura?

The population of Rashidpura was 371 at the 2011 census, living in 72 households in Fatehgarh Sahib tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Rashidpura have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Rashidpura has an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.