Sidhwan Jamitaਸਿੱਧਵਾਂ ਜਮਿਟਾ

Where is Sidhwan Jamita?

Sidhwan Jamita is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Gurdaspur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028244, and it covers 227 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,750 people in Sidhwan Jamita: 911 men and 839 women, living in 354 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 227 hectares, the population density works out to about 771 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 921 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 210, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 465 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.23 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.86 per cent and women at 63.82 per cent. The census recorded 563 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 528 main workers, the largest group, 237, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 184 other workers in trade, transport and services and 105 cultivators on their own land. A further 35 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sidhwan Jamita's land. Of the village's 227 hectares, 160 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (110 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (50 hectares). About 27 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 119 cultivators and 250 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Sidhwan Jamita is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Gurdaspur, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Khokhar, Japowal, Piranbag and Gurdas Nangal.

What is the population of Sidhwan Jamita?

The population of Sidhwan Jamita was 1,750 at the 2011 census, living in 354 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Sidhwan Jamita have?

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