Jhunerਝੁਨੇਰ

Where is Jhuner?

Jhuner is a village in Ahmedgarh tehsil of Malerkotla district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Ahmedgarh, about 11 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malerkotla-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039425, and it covers 780 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,714 people in Jhuner: 1,448 men and 1,266 women, living in 515 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 780 hectares, the population density works out to about 348 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 874 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 255, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 603 people, about 22 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.45 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.09 per cent and women at 68.92 per cent. The census recorded 978 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 894 main workers, the largest group, 394, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 262 agricultural labourers and 231 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 84 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jhuner's land. Of the village's 780 hectares, 706 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (68 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (638 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 399 cultivators and 293 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, 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. 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

Jhuner is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ahmedgarh, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Ahmedgarh, the tehsil headquarters, and Malerkotla town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ahmadpur, Dulwan, Daryapur and Sandaur.

What is the population of Jhuner?

The population of Jhuner was 2,714 at the 2011 census, living in 515 households in Ahmedgarh tehsil of Malerkotla district.

What facilities does Jhuner have?

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