Aladinpurਅਲਡਿਨਪੁਰ

Where is Aladinpur?

Aladinpur is a village in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Jalandhar, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalandhar (East) community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030359, and it covers 21 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 734 people in Aladinpur: 374 men and 360 women, living in 158 households, an average of about 4.6 people per household. Spread over its 21 hectares, the population density works out to about 3,495 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 963 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 81, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 570 people, about 78 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 85.6 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 91.72 per cent and women at 79.51 per cent. The census recorded 210 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 202 main workers, the largest group, 193, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 8 agricultural labourers and 1 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 Aladinpur's land. Of the village's 21 hectares, 15 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (15 hectares). About 5 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 1 cultivators and 9 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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

Aladinpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Jalandhar, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Jalandhar East, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Rehmanpur, Kasampur, Salempur Masandan and Khusropur (Jalandhar I).

What is the population of Aladinpur?

The population of Aladinpur was 734 at the 2011 census, living in 158 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Aladinpur have?

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