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Where is Alaudinpur?

Alaudinpur is a village in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kapurthala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029183, and it covers 387 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,171 people in Alaudinpur: 612 men and 559 women, living in 239 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 387 hectares, the population density works out to about 302 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 913 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 128, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 953 people, about 81 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.83 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.28 per cent and women at 69.16 per cent. The census recorded 389 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 375 main workers, the largest group, 201, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 112 cultivators on their own land and 61 agricultural labourers. A further 14 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Alaudinpur's land. Of the village's 387 hectares, 344 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (344 hectares). About 43 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 4 hours a day. With 113 cultivators and 62 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 village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included an allopathic hospital, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Alaudinpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Kapurthala, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Narket, Ghug, Rajpur and Tayabpur.

What is the population of Alaudinpur?

The population of Alaudinpur was 1,171 at the 2011 census, living in 239 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Alaudinpur have?

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