Yusafpur Darewalਯੁਸਫਪੁਰ ਦਰੇਵਾਲ

Where is Yusafpur Darewal?

Yusafpur Darewal is a village in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Lohian Khass, about 13 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Lohian Khas community development block and is served by the Yusafpur Darewal, Basti Darewal gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029686, and it covers 543 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,349 people in Yusafpur Darewal: 730 men and 619 women, living in 244 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 543 hectares, the population density works out to about 248 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 848 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 127, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 399 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.26 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.41 per cent and women at 57.42 per cent. The census recorded 527 workers, about 39 per cent of the village. Of the 502 main workers, the largest group, 252, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 148 agricultural labourers and 101 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 25 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Yusafpur Darewal's land. Of the village's 543 hectares, 373 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (373 hectares). About 170 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 255 cultivators and 169 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. The village had its own post office. It also had 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Yusafpur Darewal is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Lohian Khass, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Shahkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chak Yusafpur Allewal, Mandi Kalu and Yusafpur Allewal.

What is the population of Yusafpur Darewal?

The population of Yusafpur Darewal was 1,349 at the 2011 census, living in 244 households in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Yusafpur Darewal have?

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