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Where is Kutbanpur?

Kutbanpur is a village of Samana tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Samana, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Samana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036199, and it covers 282 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,109 people in Kutbanpur: 585 men and 524 women, living in 212 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 282 hectares, the population density works out to about 393 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 896 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 121, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 311 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.81 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.24 per cent and women at 68.72 per cent. The census recorded 332 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 326 main workers, the largest group, 170, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 123 other workers in trade, transport and services and 17 household industry workers. A further 6 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kutbanpur's land. Of the village's 282 hectares, 255 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (5 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (250 hectares). About 20 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 170 cultivators and 19 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. The village had its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kutbanpur is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Samana, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Samana, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Lalgarh, Samana Rural, Fatehpur and Kahangarh Bhutna.

What is the population of Kutbanpur?

The population of Kutbanpur was 1,109 at the 2011 census, living in 212 households in Samana tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Kutbanpur have?

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