Jhundanਝੁਂਡਨ

Where is Jhundan?

Jhundan is a village of Amargarh tehsil in Malerkotla district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Malerkotla, about 17 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malerkotla-I community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039534, and it covers 263 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 614 people in Jhundan: 316 men and 298 women, living in 127 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 263 hectares, the population density works out to about 233 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 943 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 62, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 225 people, about 37 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.82 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.9 per cent and women at 68.18 per cent. The census recorded 184 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 184 main workers, the largest group, 93, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 55 cultivators on their own land and 36 agricultural labourers.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jhundan's land. Of the village's 263 hectares, 241 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (2 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (239 hectares). About 22 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 55 cultivators and 36 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jhundan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Malerkotla, about 17 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Amargarh, the tehsil headquarters, and Malerkotla town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dialpura, Jhall, Sampurangarh and Burj Baghel Singhwala.

What is the population of Jhundan?

The population of Jhundan was 614 at the 2011 census, living in 127 households in Amargarh tehsil of Malerkotla district.

What facilities does Jhundan have?

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