Gumtalaਗੁਂਟਲਾ

Where is Gumtala?

Gumtala is a village of Phillaur tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Nurmahal, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nurmahal community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030050, and it covers 343 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,226 people in Gumtala: 643 men and 583 women, living in 257 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 343 hectares, the population density works out to about 357 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 907 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 101, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 697 people, about 57 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 77.16 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.9 per cent and women at 72.11 per cent. The census recorded 402 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 294 main workers, the largest group, 183, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 66 cultivators on their own land and 41 household industry workers. A further 108 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gumtala's land. Of the village's 343 hectares, 316 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (78 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (238 hectares). About 27 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 85 cultivators and 47 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 dispensary. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Gumtala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Nurmahal, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Behlolpur, Simbalpur, Gumtali and Uppal Bhupa.

What is the population of Gumtala?

The population of Gumtala was 1,226 at the 2011 census, living in 257 households in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Gumtala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Gumtala 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.