Jeondanਜੇਓਂਡਨ

Where is Jeondan?

Jeondan is a village in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rampura community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035674, and it covers 1,313 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,159 people in Jeondan: 1,644 men and 1,515 women, living in 609 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,313 hectares, the population density works out to about 241 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 922 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 314, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,053 people, about 33 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.32 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.38 per cent and women at 57.86 per cent. The census recorded 981 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 826 main workers, the largest group, 407, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 227 agricultural labourers and 180 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 155 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jeondan's land. Of the village's 1,313 hectares, 1,224 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (510 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (714 hectares). About 89 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 437 cultivators and 293 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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Jeondan is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Rampura Phul, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ghurela, Balloh, Ghureli and Jethuke.

What is the population of Jeondan?

The population of Jeondan was 3,159 at the 2011 census, living in 609 households in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Jeondan have?

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