Haripur (Jalandhar I)ਹਰੀਪੁਰ (ਜਲੰਧਰ-1)

Where is Haripur (Jalandhar I)?

Haripur (Jalandhar I) is a village of Jalandhar East tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Adampur, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Adampur community development block and is served by the Haripur gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030289, and it covers 1,026 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,292 people in Haripur (Jalandhar I): 1,704 men and 1,588 women, living in 735 households, an average of about 4.5 people per household. Spread over its 1,026 hectares, the population density works out to about 321 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 932 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 294, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,575 people, about 48 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.12 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.68 per cent and women at 78.3 per cent. The census recorded 1,225 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 962 main workers, the largest group, 556, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 266 cultivators on their own land and 136 agricultural labourers. A further 263 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Haripur (Jalandhar I)'s land. Of the village's 1,026 hectares, 1,026 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (176 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (850 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 284 cultivators and 143 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 centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Haripur (Jalandhar I) is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Adampur, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Dumunda, Kandola, Daroli Kalan & Daroli Khurd and Manko.

What is the population of Haripur (Jalandhar I)?

The population of Haripur (Jalandhar I) was 3,292 at the 2011 census, living in 735 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Haripur (Jalandhar I) have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Haripur (Jalandhar I) 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.