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Where is Lalpur?

Lalpur is a village of Banga tehsil in SBS Nagar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Banga, about 9 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Banga community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032175, and it covers 54 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 279 people in Lalpur: 144 men and 135 women, living in 66 households, an average of about 4.2 people per household. Spread over its 54 hectares, the population density works out to about 517 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 938 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 19, about 7 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 270 people, about 97 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.23 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.03 per cent and women at 71.77 per cent. The census recorded 86 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 86 main workers, the largest group, 78, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 8 cultivators on their own land.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Lalpur's land. Of the village's 54 hectares, 47 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (47 hectares). About 7 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 8 cultivators and 0 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 ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Lalpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Banga, about 9 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Banga, the tehsil headquarters, and Nawanshahr, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhandhua, Langeri, Chak Bilgan and Sarhal Qazian.

What is the population of Lalpur?

The population of Lalpur was 279 at the 2011 census, living in 66 households in Banga tehsil of SBS Nagar district.

What facilities does Lalpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Lalpur has a government primary school. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.