Kalraਕਲਰਾ

Where is Kalra?

Kalra is a village of Jalandhar East tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Adampur, about 9 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 030282, and it covers 466 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,019 people in Kalra: 1,020 men and 999 women, living in 486 households, an average of about 4.2 people per household. Spread over its 466 hectares, the population density works out to about 433 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 979 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 160, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 600 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 87.9 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 92.72 per cent and women at 82.88 per cent. The census recorded 466 workers, about 23 per cent of the village. Of the 440 main workers, the largest group, 305, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 81 cultivators on their own land and 48 agricultural labourers. A further 26 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kalra's land. Of the village's 466 hectares, 367 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (367 hectares). About 85 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 88 cultivators and 52 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included an allopathic hospital and a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch, a cooperative bank branch and an ATM. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kalra 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 9 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 Jalpot, Lutera Kalan, Dhandaur and Lutera Khurd.

What is the population of Kalra?

The population of Kalra was 2,019 at the 2011 census, living in 486 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Kalra have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kalra has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.