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Where is Ladhupur?

Ladhupur is a village in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dhariwal, about 18 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kahnuwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028419, and it covers 136 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,034 people in Ladhupur: 522 men and 512 women, living in 201 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 136 hectares, the population density works out to about 760 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 981 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 96, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 0 people, about 0 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 87.74 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 93.68 per cent and women at 81.64 per cent. The census recorded 351 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 267 main workers, the largest group, 197, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 53 other workers in trade, transport and services and 13 household industry workers. A further 84 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ladhupur's land. Of the village's 136 hectares, 46 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (46 hectares). About 5 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 209 cultivators and 19 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 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ladhupur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dhariwal, about 18 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Kiri Afgana, Chak Yaqub, Rauwal and Kotli Rawalan.

What is the population of Ladhupur?

The population of Ladhupur was 1,034 at the 2011 census, living in 201 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Ladhupur have?

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