Shahpur Jajanਸ਼ਾਹਪੁਰ ਜਜਨ

Where is Shahpur Jajan?

Shahpur Jajan 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 12 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 028946, and it covers 1,197 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,374 people in Shahpur Jajan: 2,276 men and 2,098 women, living in 806 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 1,197 hectares, the population density works out to about 365 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 922 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 530, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 335 people, about 8 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.02 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.21 per cent and women at 67.42 per cent. The census recorded 1,289 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 964 main workers, the largest group, 477, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 255 other workers in trade, transport and services and 203 agricultural labourers. A further 325 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shahpur Jajan's land. Of the village's 1,197 hectares, 1,043 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (166 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (733 hectares). About 150 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 523 cultivators and 407 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre and a veterinary hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Shahpur Jajan 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 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Dera Baba Nanak, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ratta, Nikko Sarai, Abdal and Talwandi Rama.

What is the population of Shahpur Jajan?

The population of Shahpur Jajan was 4,374 at the 2011 census, living in 806 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Shahpur Jajan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Shahpur Jajan has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office.