Kotli Jamiat Singhਕੋਟਲੀ ਜਮੀਅਤ ਸਿੰਘ

Where is Kotli Jamiat Singh?

Kotli Jamiat Singh is a village of Jalandhar East tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jalandhar, about 19 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalandhar (East) community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030277, and it covers 144 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 670 people in Kotli Jamiat Singh: 332 men and 338 women, living in 126 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 144 hectares, the population density works out to about 467 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1018 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 99, about 15 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 311 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.92 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 69.18 per cent and women at 58.9 per cent. The census recorded 240 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 238 main workers, the largest group, 113, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 91 agricultural labourers and 34 cultivators on their own land. A further 2 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kotli Jamiat Singh's land. Of the village's 144 hectares, 121 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (121 hectares). About 22 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. The census recorded 34 cultivators and 91 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. It also had 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

Kotli Jamiat Singh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Jalandhar, about 19 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 Mussapur, Chuhan, Chak Jethpur and Dhandauri.

What is the population of Kotli Jamiat Singh?

The population of Kotli Jamiat Singh was 670 at the 2011 census, living in 126 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Kotli Jamiat Singh have?

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