Khokhar Kadim Jadidਖੋਖਰ ਕਡਿਮ ਜਡਿਡ

Where is Khokhar Kadim Jadid?

Khokhar Kadim Jadid is a village of Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sultanpur Lodhi community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029420, and it covers 111 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 412 people in Khokhar Kadim Jadid: 209 men and 203 women, living in 82 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 111 hectares, the population density works out to about 370 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 971 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 40, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 53 people, about 13 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.58 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.8 per cent and women at 66.49 per cent. The census recorded 126 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 115 main workers, the largest group, 50, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 47 other workers in trade, transport and services and 18 agricultural labourers. A further 11 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khokhar Kadim Jadid's land. Of the village's 111 hectares, 98 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (98 hectares). About 13 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 51 cultivators and 25 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 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

Khokhar Kadim Jadid is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Sultanpur Lodhi, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Paman, Wadhail Khuda Bakhashwala, Lau and Mira.

What is the population of Khokhar Kadim Jadid?

The population of Khokhar Kadim Jadid was 412 at the 2011 census, living in 82 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Khokhar Kadim Jadid have?

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