Ajit Gillਅਜੀਤ ਗਿੱਲ

Where is Ajit Gill?

Ajit Gill is a village in Jaito tehsil of Faridkot district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Jaito, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kot Kapura community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035605, and it covers 736 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,286 people in Ajit Gill: 1,210 men and 1,076 women, living in 437 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 736 hectares, the population density works out to about 311 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 889 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 224, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 945 people, about 41 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.04 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.65 per cent and women at 59.67 per cent. The census recorded 755 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 597 main workers, the largest group, 321, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 144 agricultural labourers and 116 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 158 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ajit Gill's land. Of the village's 736 hectares, 644 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (622 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (22 hectares). About 91 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 354 cultivators and 239 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had 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

Ajit Gill is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jaito, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Jaito, the tehsil headquarters, and Faridkot town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Matta, Ramuwala, Dhaipai and Rori Kapura.

What is the population of Ajit Gill?

The population of Ajit Gill was 2,286 at the 2011 census, living in 437 households in Jaito tehsil of Faridkot district.

What facilities does Ajit Gill have?

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