Jamalpurਜਮਾਲਪੁਰ

Where is Jamalpur?

Jamalpur is a village in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rayya community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037840, and it covers 166 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,491 people in Jamalpur: 763 men and 728 women, living in 300 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 166 hectares, the population density works out to about 898 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 954 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 164, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 449 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.6 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.55 per cent and women at 69.56 per cent. The census recorded 773 workers, about 52 per cent of the village. Of the 709 main workers, the largest group, 330, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 227 cultivators on their own land and 81 agricultural labourers. A further 64 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jamalpur's land. Of the village's 166 hectares, 142 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (142 hectares). About 24 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 237 cultivators and 86 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jamalpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Baba Bakala, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Rajpura, Naurangpura, Rajadewal and Kartarpur.

What is the population of Jamalpur?

The population of Jamalpur was 1,491 at the 2011 census, living in 300 households in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Jamalpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jamalpur has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.