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Where is Kalianpur?

Kalianpur is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhariwal, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhariwal community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028248, and it covers 398 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,329 people in Kalianpur: 1,229 men and 1,100 women, living in 446 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 398 hectares, the population density works out to about 585 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 895 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 230, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 425 people, about 18 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.47 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.05 per cent and women at 74.45 per cent. The census recorded 677 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 665 main workers, the largest group, 400, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 249 cultivators on their own land and 11 agricultural labourers. A further 12 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kalianpur's land. Of the village's 398 hectares, 210 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (200 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (10 hectares). About 188 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 14 hours a day. With 251 cultivators and 16 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre and a dispensary. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Kalianpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dhariwal, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Gurdaspur, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bandianwala, Sandhwan, Gurdas Nangal and Badesh.

What is the population of Kalianpur?

The population of Kalianpur was 2,329 at the 2011 census, living in 446 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Kalianpur have?

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