Jalalpurਜਲਾਲਪੁਰ

Where is Jalalpur?

Jalalpur is a village in Patran tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Ghagga, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Patran community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036281, and it covers 345 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 972 people in Jalalpur: 513 men and 459 women, living in 189 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 345 hectares, the population density works out to about 282 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 895 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 138, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 596 people, about 61 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.23 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.45 per cent and women at 60 per cent. The census recorded 495 workers, about 51 per cent of the village. Of the 271 main workers, the largest group, 119, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 94 other workers in trade, transport and services and 54 cultivators on their own land. A further 224 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jalalpur's land. Of the village's 345 hectares, 321 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (321 hectares). About 20 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 60 cultivators and 180 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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, 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

Jalalpur is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Ghagga, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Patran, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Arnetu, Kalbano, Bhagwanpur Alias Sadharanpur and Atalan.

What is the population of Jalalpur?

The population of Jalalpur was 972 at the 2011 census, living in 189 households in Patran tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Jalalpur have?

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