Jainpurਜੈਨਪੁਰ

Where is Jainpur?

Jainpur is a village in Dinanagar tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dinanagar, about 13 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dorangala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 027810, and it covers 130 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 520 people in Jainpur: 265 men and 255 women, living in 98 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 130 hectares, the population density works out to about 400 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 962 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 82, about 16 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 141 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.11 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.21 per cent and women at 68.7 per cent. The census recorded 115 workers, about 22 per cent of the village. Of the 99 main workers, the largest group, 51, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 27 agricultural labourers and 15 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 16 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jainpur's land. Of the village's 130 hectares, 115 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (115 hectares). About 15 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 54 cultivators and 34 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was five to ten kilometres away. 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. 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

Jainpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Dinanagar, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dinanagar, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Siri Rampur, Faridpur, Thathi and Kahna.

What is the population of Jainpur?

The population of Jainpur was 520 at the 2011 census, living in 98 households in Dinanagar tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Jainpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jainpur has an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.