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Where is Khusropur?

Khusropur is a village of Kapurthala tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 18 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 029327, and it covers 270 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 884 people in Khusropur: 479 men and 405 women, living in 169 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 270 hectares, the population density works out to about 327 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 846 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 94, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 251 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.43 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.77 per cent and women at 69.4 per cent. The census recorded 424 workers, about 48 per cent of the village. Of the 360 main workers, the largest group, 233, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 66 agricultural labourers and 43 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 64 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khusropur's land. Of the village's 270 hectares, 238 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (238 hectares). About 32 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 235 cultivators and 108 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Khusropur 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 18 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 Sidhwan Dona, Ayya, Moklanwala and Bhana.

What is the population of Khusropur?

The population of Khusropur was 884 at the 2011 census, living in 169 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Khusropur have?

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