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Where is Jore Jand Urf Chimnewala?

Jore Jand Urf Chimnewala is a village in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Fazilka, about 17 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Fazilka community development block and is served by the Chimne Wala gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035032, and it covers 502 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,260 people in Jore Jand Urf Chimnewala: 672 men and 588 women, living in 244 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 502 hectares, the population density works out to about 251 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 875 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 125, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 572 people, about 45 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.04 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.7 per cent and women at 65.41 per cent. The census recorded 580 workers, about 46 per cent of the village. Of the 389 main workers, the largest group, 176, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 155 cultivators on their own land and 58 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 191 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jore Jand Urf Chimnewala's land. Of the village's 502 hectares, 459 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (438 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (21 hectares). About 42 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 217 cultivators and 296 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jore Jand Urf Chimnewala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Fazilka, about 17 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Fazilka, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chak Pakhi, Jorki Andhewali, Chak Kheowali and Ojhanwali.

What is the population of Jore Jand Urf Chimnewala?

The population of Jore Jand Urf Chimnewala was 1,260 at the 2011 census, living in 244 households in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Jore Jand Urf Chimnewala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jore Jand Urf Chimnewala has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.