Dialpur (Phillaur)ਦਿਆਲਪੁਰ ਫਿਲੌਰ

Where is Dialpur (Phillaur)?

Dialpur (Phillaur) is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Phillaur, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Phillaur community development block and is served by the Dialpur gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030123, and it covers 242 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,104 people in Dialpur (Phillaur): 546 men and 558 women, living in 225 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 242 hectares, the population density works out to about 456 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1022 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 100, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 580 people, about 53 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.08 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.46 per cent and women at 76.69 per cent. The census recorded 338 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 260 main workers, the largest group, 158, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 100 cultivators on their own land and 2 household industry workers. A further 78 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dialpur (Phillaur)'s land. Of the village's 242 hectares, 220 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (220 hectares). About 22 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 104 cultivators and 18 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. The village had its own post office. 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 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Dialpur (Phillaur) is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Phillaur, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Phillaur, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Salkiana, Raipur Araian (Phillaur), Pawahri and Sultanpur.

What is the population of Dialpur (Phillaur)?

The population of Dialpur (Phillaur) was 1,104 at the 2011 census, living in 225 households in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Dialpur (Phillaur) have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Dialpur (Phillaur) has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.