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Where is Lakhanke Padde?

Lakhanke Padde is a village in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dhilwan, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhilwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029097, and it covers 1,058 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,830 people in Lakhanke Padde: 2,008 men and 1,822 women, living in 778 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 1,058 hectares, the population density works out to about 362 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 907 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 360, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,347 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.88 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.18 per cent and women at 68.11 per cent. The census recorded 1,182 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 1,009 main workers, the largest group, 473, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 381 cultivators on their own land and 137 agricultural labourers. A further 173 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Lakhanke Padde's land. Of the village's 1,058 hectares, 961 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (961 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 400 cultivators and 192 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included 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, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch, a cooperative bank branch and an ATM. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Lakhanke Padde 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 6 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 Mudowal, Jag, Bamuwal and Behlolpur.

What is the population of Lakhanke Padde?

The population of Lakhanke Padde was 3,830 at the 2011 census, living in 778 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Lakhanke Padde have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Lakhanke Padde has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office.