Sikanderpurਸਿਕਂਡੇਰਪੁਰ

Where is Sikanderpur?

Sikanderpur is a village of Jalandhar East tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Alawalpur, about 1 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 030329, and it covers 260 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,349 people in Sikanderpur: 670 men and 679 women, living in 287 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 260 hectares, the population density works out to about 520 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1013 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 132, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 662 people, about 49 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.76 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.03 per cent and women at 77.69 per cent. The census recorded 424 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 410 main workers, the largest group, 285, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 103 cultivators on their own land and 20 agricultural labourers. A further 14 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sikanderpur's land. Of the village's 260 hectares, 231 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (10 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (221 hectares). About 29 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 105 cultivators and 20 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Sikanderpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Alawalpur, about 1 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Daulatpur, Lesariwala, Kishangarh and Shahpur.

What is the population of Sikanderpur?

The population of Sikanderpur was 1,349 at the 2011 census, living in 287 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Sikanderpur have?

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