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Where is Daudpur?

Daudpur is a village of Kapurthala tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhilwan, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nadala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029102, and it covers 241 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,032 people in Daudpur: 563 men and 469 women, living in 210 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 241 hectares, the population density works out to about 429 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 833 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 113, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 304 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.11 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.33 per cent and women at 76.48 per cent. The census recorded 348 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 335 main workers, the largest group, 173, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 110 agricultural labourers and 32 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 13 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Daudpur's land. Of the village's 241 hectares, 219 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (219 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 174 cultivators and 117 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 community health centre, a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Daudpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dhilwan, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Mirzapur, Mand Chakoki, Nihalgarh and Mand Batala.

What is the population of Daudpur?

The population of Daudpur was 1,032 at the 2011 census, living in 210 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Daudpur have?

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