Khanpur Dhaddaਖਾਨਪੁਰ ਧੱਡਾ

Where is Khanpur Dhadda?

Khanpur Dhadda is a village of Nakodar tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Nakodar, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nakodar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029864, and it covers 365 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,612 people in Khanpur Dhadda: 821 men and 791 women, living in 323 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 365 hectares, the population density works out to about 442 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 963 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 154, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 295 people, about 18 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.77 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.28 per cent and women at 71.25 per cent. The census recorded 546 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 533 main workers, the largest group, 263, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 196 other workers in trade, transport and services and 74 agricultural labourers. A further 13 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khanpur Dhadda's land. Of the village's 365 hectares, 318 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (318 hectares). About 47 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 264 cultivators and 79 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 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Khanpur Dhadda is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Nakodar, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Nakodar, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bal Kohna and Mallian Khurd.

What is the population of Khanpur Dhadda?

The population of Khanpur Dhadda was 1,612 at the 2011 census, living in 323 households in Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Khanpur Dhadda have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Khanpur Dhadda has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.