Jalanpurਜਲਨਪੁਰ

Where is Jalanpur?

Jalanpur is a village of Samrala tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Khanna, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Samrala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033178, and it covers 233 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 999 people in Jalanpur: 543 men and 456 women, living in 183 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 233 hectares, the population density works out to about 429 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 840 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 81, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 309 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.65 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.2 per cent and women at 72.01 per cent. The census recorded 437 workers, about 44 per cent of the village. Of the 297 main workers, the largest group, 138, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 100 other workers in trade, transport and services and 52 agricultural labourers. A further 140 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jalanpur's land. Of the village's 233 hectares, 198 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (198 hectares). About 35 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 143 cultivators and 83 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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

Jalanpur is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Khanna, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Samrala, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kotla Bhari, Goslan, Manupur and Sarwarpur.

What is the population of Jalanpur?

The population of Jalanpur was 999 at the 2011 census, living in 183 households in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Jalanpur have?

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