Gadaipurਗਡੈਪੁਰ

Where is Gadaipur?

Gadaipur is a village in Jalandhar West 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 (West) community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030473, and it covers 221 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 363 people in Gadaipur: 194 men and 169 women, living in 73 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 221 hectares, the population density works out to about 164 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 871 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 53, about 15 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 49 people, about 13 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.84 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 90.36 per cent and women at 78.47 per cent. The census recorded 139 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 116 main workers, the largest group, 53, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 52 cultivators on their own land and 8 household industry workers. A further 23 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gadaipur's land. Of the village's 221 hectares, 116 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (16 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (100 hectares). With 58 cultivators and 4 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included an allopathic hospital. 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

Gadaipur 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 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Jalandhar West, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Randhawa Masandan, Bulandpur, Lohian and Nurpur (Jalandhar II).

What is the population of Gadaipur?

The population of Gadaipur was 363 at the 2011 census, living in 73 households in Jalandhar West tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Gadaipur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Gadaipur has an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.