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Where is Bahadarpur?

Bahadarpur is a village of Sangrur tehsil in Sangrur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sangrur, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sangrur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039777, and it covers 1,462 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,625 people in Bahadarpur: 2,452 men and 2,173 women, living in 898 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,462 hectares, the population density works out to about 316 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 886 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 511, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,709 people, about 37 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.27 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.64 per cent and women at 61.63 per cent. The census recorded 1,390 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 1,263 main workers, the largest group, 534, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 362 other workers in trade, transport and services and 304 agricultural labourers. A further 127 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bahadarpur's land. Of the village's 1,462 hectares, 1,164 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (520 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (644 hectares). About 150 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 546 cultivators and 344 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 primary health centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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

Bahadarpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sangrur, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Sangrur, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Lidran, Bhamabaddi, Changal and Ubhawal.

What is the population of Bahadarpur?

The population of Bahadarpur was 4,625 at the 2011 census, living in 898 households in Sangrur tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Bahadarpur have?

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