Jodhpur Pakharਜੋਧਪੁਰ ਪਖਰ

Where is Jodhpur Pakhar?

Jodhpur Pakhar is a village of Maur tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Maur, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Maur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035892, and it covers 1,966 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,731 people in Jodhpur Pakhar: 2,531 men and 2,200 women, living in 926 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 1,966 hectares, the population density works out to about 241 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 869 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 461, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,714 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.35 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 64.54 per cent and women at 55.58 per cent. The census recorded 1,514 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 1,439 main workers, the largest group, 574, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 557 cultivators on their own land and 262 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 75 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jodhpur Pakhar's land. Of the village's 1,966 hectares, 1,774 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,744 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (30 hectares). About 192 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 567 cultivators and 614 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jodhpur Pakhar is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Maur, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Maur, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mari, Burj Sema, Mansa Kalan and Bangher Mohabat Singh.

What is the population of Jodhpur Pakhar?

The population of Jodhpur Pakhar was 4,731 at the 2011 census, living in 926 households in Maur tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Jodhpur Pakhar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jodhpur Pakhar has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.