Chak Jethpurਚੱਕ ਜੇਥਪੁਰ

Where is Chak Jethpur?

Chak Jethpur is a village of Jalandhar East tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jalandhar, about 17 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalandhar (East) community development block and is served by the Jethpur gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030275, and it covers 53 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 33 people in Chak Jethpur: 20 men and 13 women, living in 6 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 53 hectares, the population density works out to about 62 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 650 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 3, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 9 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 61.11 per cent and women at 58.33 per cent. The census recorded 15 workers, about 45 per cent of the village. Of the 15 main workers, the largest group, 15, were cultivators on their own land.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Jethpur's land. Of the village's 53 hectares, 50 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (50 hectares). About 3 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 15 cultivators and 0 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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

Chak Jethpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jalandhar, about 17 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Ucha, Mussapur, Mahadipur and Kotli Jamiat Singh.

What is the population of Chak Jethpur?

The population of Chak Jethpur was 33 at the 2011 census, living in 6 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Chak Jethpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chak Jethpur has . It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.