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Where is Sujanpur Rural?

Sujanpur Rural is a village of Pathankot tehsil in Pathankot district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sujanpur, about 1 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sujanpur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 027468, and it covers 473 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 901 people in Sujanpur Rural: 467 men and 434 women, living in 188 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 473 hectares, the population density works out to about 190 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 929 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 87, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 60 people, about 7 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.15 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 89.98 per cent and women at 77.97 per cent. The census recorded 272 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 221 main workers, the largest group, 169, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 41 cultivators on their own land and 8 agricultural labourers. A further 51 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sujanpur Rural's land. Of the village's 473 hectares, 217 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (78 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (94 hectares). About 128 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 44 cultivators and 16 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, 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 community health centre, a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, 2 allopathic hospitals, 2 dispensaries 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. 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

Sujanpur Rural is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sujanpur, about 1 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Pathankot, the tehsil headquarters, and Pathankot, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Itti, Phool Piara, Asa Bano and Phaloura.

What is the population of Sujanpur Rural?

The population of Sujanpur Rural was 901 at the 2011 census, living in 188 households in Pathankot tehsil of Pathankot district.

What facilities does Sujanpur Rural have?

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