Jaurian Khurdਜੌਰਿਆਂ ਖੁਰਦ

Where is Jaurian Khurd?

Jaurian Khurd 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 1 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 028971, and it covers 346 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,106 people in Jaurian Khurd: 564 men and 542 women, living in 199 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 346 hectares, the population density works out to about 320 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 961 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 153, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 303 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.26 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.15 per cent and women at 64.35 per cent. The census recorded 589 workers, about 53 per cent of the village. Of the 581 main workers, the largest group, 328, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 133 other workers in trade, transport and services and 111 cultivators on their own land. A further 8 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jaurian Khurd's land. Of the village's 346 hectares, 305 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (100 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (205 hectares). About 41 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 113 cultivators and 329 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 health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had 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 Khurd 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 1 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 Khasanwala, Palla Nangal, Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanak and Thetharke.

What is the population of Jaurian Khurd?

The population of Jaurian Khurd was 1,106 at the 2011 census, living in 199 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Jaurian Khurd have?

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