Jindalpurਜਿੰਦਲਪੁਰ

Where is Jindalpur?

Jindalpur is a village of Nabha tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhadson, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nabha community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036454, and it covers 290 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,130 people in Jindalpur: 603 men and 527 women, living in 209 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 290 hectares, the population density works out to about 390 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 874 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 118, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 400 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.45 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.25 per cent and women at 74.23 per cent. The census recorded 501 workers, about 44 per cent of the village. Of the 472 main workers, the largest group, 334, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 97 cultivators on their own land and 39 agricultural labourers. A further 29 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jindalpur's land. Of the village's 290 hectares, 212 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (36 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (176 hectares). About 24 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 100 cultivators and 49 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 and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Jindalpur is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhadson, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Nabha, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ranno, Jhambali Khas, Hakimpur and Chhana Nathuwali.

What is the population of Jindalpur?

The population of Jindalpur was 1,130 at the 2011 census, living in 209 households in Nabha tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Jindalpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jindalpur 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.