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Where is Daulatpur Ucha?

Daulatpur Ucha is a village in Moga tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Moga, about 20 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Moga-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034078, and it covers 533 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,927 people in Daulatpur Ucha: 1,018 men and 909 women, living in 388 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 533 hectares, the population density works out to about 362 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 893 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 253, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 984 people, about 51 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 61.7 per cent and women at 58 per cent. The census recorded 721 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 444 main workers, the largest group, 230, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 140 cultivators on their own land and 68 agricultural labourers. A further 277 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Daulatpur Ucha's land. Of the village's 533 hectares, 498 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (124 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (374 hectares). About 35 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 145 cultivators and 197 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Daulatpur Ucha is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Moga, about 20 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Moga, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Burj Sahiba and Kaliawala.

What is the population of Daulatpur Ucha?

The population of Daulatpur Ucha was 1,927 at the 2011 census, living in 388 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Daulatpur Ucha have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Daulatpur Ucha has government schools from primary to secondary school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.