Loharਲੋਹਾਰ

Where is Lohar?

Lohar is a village of Jalandhar West tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhogpur, about 7 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 030598, and it covers 96 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 799 people in Lohar: 397 men and 402 women, living in 171 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 96 hectares, the population density works out to about 832 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1013 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 85, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 386 people, about 48 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 91.18 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 93.22 per cent and women at 89.17 per cent. The census recorded 245 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 226 main workers, the largest group, 188, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 35 cultivators on their own land and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 19 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Lohar's land. Of the village's 96 hectares, 56 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (56 hectares). About 40 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 37 cultivators and 3 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. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Lohar 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 7 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 Darawan, Manak rai, Nangal Fida and Ittan Badhi.

What is the population of Lohar?

The population of Lohar was 799 at the 2011 census, living in 171 households in Jalandhar West tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Lohar have?

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