Jiwanpurਜਿਵਨਪੁਰ

Where is Jiwanpur?

Jiwanpur is a village in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Ludhiana, about 9 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ludhiana-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033442, and it covers 191 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,032 people in Jiwanpur: 541 men and 491 women, living in 171 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 191 hectares, the population density works out to about 540 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 908 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 130, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 524 people, about 51 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.84 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.74 per cent and women at 63.11 per cent. The census recorded 436 workers, about 42 per cent of the village. Of the 265 main workers, the largest group, 165, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 83 cultivators on their own land and 16 agricultural labourers. A further 171 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jiwanpur's land. Of the village's 191 hectares, 168 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (168 hectares). About 23 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 94 cultivators and 51 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub 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

Jiwanpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Ludhiana, about 9 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Ludhiana East, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mangli Kadar, Walipur, Mangli Khas and Mianwal.

What is the population of Jiwanpur?

The population of Jiwanpur was 1,032 at the 2011 census, living in 171 households in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Jiwanpur have?

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