Dolike Sunderpurਦੋਲਿਕੇ ਸੁਂਡੇਰਪੁਰ

Where is Dolike Sunderpur?

Dolike Sunderpur is a village of Jalandhar East tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Alawalpur, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Adampur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030314, and it covers 359 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,698 people in Dolike Sunderpur: 866 men and 832 women, living in 395 households, an average of about 4.3 people per household. Spread over its 359 hectares, the population density works out to about 473 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 961 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 162, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,042 people, about 61 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.03 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.97 per cent and women at 76.89 per cent. The census recorded 600 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 492 main workers, the largest group, 297, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 103 cultivators on their own land and 66 agricultural labourers. A further 108 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dolike Sunderpur's land. Of the village's 359 hectares, 284 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (284 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 123 cultivators and 91 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 sub-centre. The village had a sub post office. 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

Dolike Sunderpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Alawalpur, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Jalandhar East, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Duhra, Jagrawan, Jaganpur and Muradpur (138.

What is the population of Dolike Sunderpur?

The population of Dolike Sunderpur was 1,698 at the 2011 census, living in 395 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Dolike Sunderpur have?

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