Dadu Jodhਦਡੁ ਜੋਧ

Where is Dadu Jodh?

Dadu Jodh is a village of Fatehgarh Churian tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Fatehgarh Churian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028821, and it covers 155 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 930 people in Dadu Jodh: 495 men and 435 women, living in 178 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 155 hectares, the population density works out to about 600 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 879 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 115, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 98 people, about 11 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.53 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.92 per cent and women at 71.35 per cent. The census recorded 269 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 263 main workers, the largest group, 165, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 64 cultivators on their own land and 34 agricultural labourers. A further 6 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dadu Jodh's land. Of the village's 155 hectares, 134 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (80 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (54 hectares). About 20 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 65 cultivators and 37 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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

Dadu Jodh is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Fatehgarh Churian, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sham Sherpur, Badowal Kalan, Chataurgarh and Badowal Khurd.

What is the population of Dadu Jodh?

The population of Dadu Jodh was 930 at the 2011 census, living in 178 households in Fatehgarh Churian tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Dadu Jodh have?

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