Jhanjian Kalanਝਂਜਿਆਂ ਕਲਾਂ

Where is Jhanjian Kalan?

Jhanjian Kalan 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 8 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 028836, and it covers 138 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 612 people in Jhanjian Kalan: 327 men and 285 women, living in 108 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 138 hectares, the population density works out to about 443 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 872 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 60, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 89 people, about 15 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.56 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.28 per cent and women at 64.12 per cent. The census recorded 153 workers, about 25 per cent of the village. Of the 145 main workers, the largest group, 97, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 37 other workers in trade, transport and services and 10 agricultural labourers. A further 8 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jhanjian Kalan's land. Of the village's 138 hectares, 127 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (127 hectares). About 11 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 103 cultivators and 11 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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

Jhanjian Kalan is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Fatehgarh Churian, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Khusar Tahli, Dogar, Veela Teja and Awan.

What is the population of Jhanjian Kalan?

The population of Jhanjian Kalan was 612 at the 2011 census, living in 108 households in Fatehgarh Churian tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Jhanjian Kalan have?

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