Kishanpura, SBS Nagar explained

Kishanpura
Native Name Lang:pan
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Punjab#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates:31.1042°N 76.1913°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Punjab
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
Government Type:Panchayat raj
Governing Body:Gram panchayat
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:1187[1]
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Note:Sex ratio 588/599 /
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Punjabi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:144516
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Iso Code:IN-PB
Blank1 Name Sec2:Post office
Blank1 Info Sec2:Langroya[2]

Kishanpura is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away from postal head office Langroya, from Nawanshahr, from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]

Demography

As of 2011, Kishanpura has a total number of 269 houses and population of 1187 of which 588 include are males while 599 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Kishanpura is 80.17%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 118 which is 9.94% of total population of Kishanpura, and child sex ratio is approximately 903 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[4]

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 35.55% of total population in Kishanpura. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 316 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Kishanpura which includes 303 males and 13 females. According to census survey report 2011, 97.15% workers describe their work as main work and 2.85% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[5]

Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school established in 1954.[6] The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme.[7] As per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act the school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14.

Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur and Sikh National College Banga are the nearest colleges. Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is The village is from Indian Institute of Technology and away from Lovely Professional University.

Transport

Banga railway station is the nearest train station however, Phagwara Junction railway station is away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is away in Amritsar.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: District Census Handbook SBS Nagar. censusindia.gov.in.
  2. Web site: All India pincode directory. censusindia.gov.in.
  3. Web site: List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district. nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette). 28 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170924184443/http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf. 24 September 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011). pib.nic.in.
  5. Web site: Kishanpura population as of 2011. 2011 Census of India.
  6. Web site: List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district. sbsnagarpolice.com.
  7. Web site: Mid Day Meal Society. ssapunjab.org.
  8. Web site: Distance from Kishanpura (Multiple routes). Google Map.