Salempur Jattanਸਲੇਮਪੁਰ ਜੱਟਾਂ

Where is Salempur Jattan?

Salempur Jattan is a village of Rajpura tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Ghanaur, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ghanaur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036887, and it covers 160 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 734 people in Salempur Jattan: 383 men and 351 women, living in 127 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 160 hectares, the population density works out to about 459 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 916 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 94, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 267 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.19 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.59 per cent and women at 61.36 per cent. The census recorded 251 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 237 main workers, the largest group, 99, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 82 agricultural labourers and 56 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 14 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Salempur Jattan's land. Of the village's 160 hectares, 141 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (4 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (137 hectares). About 15 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 104 cultivators and 89 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Salempur Jattan is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Ghanaur, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Rajpura, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Rurki, Rasulpur, Rurka and Balheri.

What is the population of Salempur Jattan?

The population of Salempur Jattan was 734 at the 2011 census, living in 127 households in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Salempur Jattan have?

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