Jaitu Ruralਜੈਤੋ ਰੂਰਲ

Where is Jaitu Rural?

Jaitu Rural is a village of Jaito tehsil in Faridkot district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jaito, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kot Kapura community development block and is served by the Jaitu (1) (Part) gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035620, and it covers 4,623 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,600 people in Jaitu Rural: 2,414 men and 2,186 women, living in 863 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 4,623 hectares, the population density works out to about 100 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 906 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 467, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,104 people, about 24 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.19 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 69.53 per cent and women at 58.3 per cent. The census recorded 1,762 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 1,406 main workers, the largest group, 767, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 369 other workers in trade, transport and services and 250 agricultural labourers. A further 356 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jaitu Rural's land. Of the village's 4,623 hectares, 3,964 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (3,631 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (333 hectares). About 659 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 804 cultivators and 306 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Jaitu Rural is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jaito, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Jaito, the tehsil headquarters, and Faridkot town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Fatehgarh, Dal Singhwala, Chand Bhan and Sedha Singhwala.

What is the population of Jaitu Rural?

The population of Jaitu Rural was 4,600 at the 2011 census, living in 863 households in Jaito tehsil of Faridkot district.

What facilities does Jaitu Rural have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jaitu Rural has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.