Jaffal Jhingarਜਫਫਲ ਝਿਂਗਰ

Where is Jaffal Jhingar?

Jaffal Jhingar is a village of Jalandhar West tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhogpur, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bhogpur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030575, and it covers 153 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 727 people in Jaffal Jhingar: 375 men and 352 women, living in 149 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 153 hectares, the population density works out to about 475 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 939 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 89, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 406 people, about 56 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.33 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 91.52 per cent and women at 76.62 per cent. The census recorded 264 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 256 main workers, the largest group, 87, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 87 other workers in trade, transport and services and 66 agricultural labourers. A further 8 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jaffal Jhingar's land. Of the village's 153 hectares, 135 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (135 hectares). About 18 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. With 88 cultivators and 68 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Jaffal Jhingar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhogpur, about 10 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 Alamgir, Malli Nangal, Jalalwal and Mansurpur.

What is the population of Jaffal Jhingar?

The population of Jaffal Jhingar was 727 at the 2011 census, living in 149 households in Jalandhar West tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Jaffal Jhingar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jaffal Jhingar has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.