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Where is Ban Karnpur?

Ban Karnpur is a village in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Talwara, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Talwara community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031300, and it covers 1,975 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 818 people in Ban Karnpur: 425 men and 393 women, living in 186 households, an average of about 4.4 people per household. Spread over its 1,975 hectares, the population density works out to about 41 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 925 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 103, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 191 people, about 23 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 87.83 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 92.9 per cent and women at 82.52 per cent. The census recorded 230 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 182 main workers, the largest group, 173, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 8 cultivators on their own land and 1 agricultural labourers. A further 48 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ban Karnpur's land. Of the village's 1,975 hectares, 457 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (457 hectares). About 110 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 15 cultivators and 8 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. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ban Karnpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Talwara, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Mukerian, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Beh Lakhan, Dhar, Hirbeh and Rajwal.

What is the population of Ban Karnpur?

The population of Ban Karnpur was 818 at the 2011 census, living in 186 households in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Ban Karnpur have?

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