Jarmastpurਜਰਮਸਟਪੁਰ

Where is Jarmastpur?

Jarmastpur is a village of Tarn Taran tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Tarn Taran community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037920, and it covers 282 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,891 people in Jarmastpur: 986 men and 905 women, living in 342 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 282 hectares, the population density works out to about 671 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 918 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 255, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 524 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.54 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.5 per cent and women at 63.28 per cent. The census recorded 605 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 502 main workers, the largest group, 175, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 170 agricultural labourers and 142 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 103 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jarmastpur's land. Of the village's 282 hectares, 256 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (97 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (159 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 183 cultivators and 181 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Jarmastpur is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Tarn Taran, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Palasaur, Bakipur, Kazi Kot and Gill Waraich.

What is the population of Jarmastpur?

The population of Jarmastpur was 1,891 at the 2011 census, living in 342 households in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Jarmastpur have?

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