Jaurian Kalanਜੌਰਿਆਂ ਕਲਾਂ

Where is Jaurian Kalan?

Jaurian Kalan is a village of Dera Baba Nanak tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Baba Nanak community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028942, and it covers 311 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,744 people in Jaurian Kalan: 1,144 men and 600 women, living in 278 households, an average of about 6.3 people per household. Spread over its 311 hectares, the population density works out to about 561 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 524 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 135, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 26 people, about 1 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.94 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.06 per cent and women at 62.69 per cent. The census recorded 842 workers, about 48 per cent of the village. Of the 835 main workers, the largest group, 644, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 135 agricultural labourers and 44 cultivators on their own land. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jaurian Kalan's land. Of the village's 311 hectares, 278 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (278 hectares). About 31 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 47 cultivators and 137 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jaurian Kalan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Dera Baba Nanak, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kahlanwali, Mohal Nangal, Rampur and Abdal.

What is the population of Jaurian Kalan?

The population of Jaurian Kalan was 1,744 at the 2011 census, living in 278 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Jaurian Kalan have?

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