Bhagwanpur, Kapurthala

Bhagwanpur is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India.[1] It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Kapurthala, which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Bhagwanpur. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per the constitution of India and Panchayati raj (India).

Bhagwanpur
Village
Bhagwanpur is located in Punjab
Bhagwanpur
Bhagwanpur
Location in Punjab, India
Bhagwanpur is located in India
Bhagwanpur
Bhagwanpur
Bhagwanpur (India)
Coordinates: 31.362258°N 75.338303°E / 31.362258; 75.338303
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictKapurthala
Government
  TypePanchayati raj (India)
  BodyGram panchayat
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total855
 Sex ratio 432/423/
Languages
  OfficialPunjabi
  Other spokenHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144601
Telephone code01822
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Vehicle registrationPB-09
Websitekapurthala.gov.in

Demography

As per Population Census 2011, the Bhagwanpur village has population of 855 of which 432 are males while 423 are females. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[1] Literacy rate of Bhagwanpur is 71.77%, lower than state average of 75.84% of Punjab. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 97 which is 11.35% of total population of Bhagwanpur and child sex ratio is approximately 1021 higher than Punjab average of 846.

As per census 2011, 283 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Bhagwanpur which includes 260 males and 23 females. According to census survey report 2011, 91.87% workers describe their work as main work and 8.13% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.

Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 40.58% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Population data

ParticularsTotalMaleFemale
Total No. of Houses140
Population855432423
Child (0-6)974849
Schedule Caste347171176
Schedule Tribe000
Literacy71.77 %78.13%65.24 %
Total Workers28326023
Main Worker26000
Marginal Worker23194

Air travel connectivity

The closest airport to the village is Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport.

Villages in Kapurthala

References

  1. "District Census Handbook: Kapoorthala" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
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