Jhurar Kheraਝੁਰਰ ਖੇਰਾ

Where is Jhurar Khera?

Jhurar Khera is a village of Abohar tehsil in Fazilka district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Abohar, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Abohar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035176, and it covers 1,698 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,835 people in Jhurar Khera: 1,540 men and 1,295 women, living in 580 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 1,698 hectares, the population density works out to about 167 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 841 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 293, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 626 people, about 22 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.11 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.86 per cent and women at 57.24 per cent. The census recorded 1,053 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 848 main workers, the largest group, 511, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 219 agricultural labourers and 114 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 205 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jhurar Khera's land. Of the village's 1,698 hectares, 1,607 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 1,605 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (1,605 hectares). About 91 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. With 598 cultivators and 330 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, 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.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Jhurar Khera is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Abohar, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Abohar, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Patti Amra Urf Patti Sadiq, Rukanpura Urf Khui Khera, Waryam Khera and Dharampura.

What is the population of Jhurar Khera?

The population of Jhurar Khera was 2,835 at the 2011 census, living in 580 households in Abohar tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Jhurar Khera have?

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