Rasulpur Jandiਰਸੂਲਪੁਰ ਜਂਡੀ

Where is Rasulpur Jandi?

Rasulpur Jandi is a village of Jagraon tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mullanpur Dakha, about 9 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sidhwan Bet community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033829, and it covers 451 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,348 people in Rasulpur Jandi: 705 men and 643 women, living in 250 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 451 hectares, the population density works out to about 299 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 912 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 156, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 684 people, about 51 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.43 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.58 per cent and women at 71.95 per cent. The census recorded 611 workers, about 45 per cent of the village. Of the 565 main workers, the largest group, 230, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 196 agricultural labourers and 118 cultivators on their own land. A further 46 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rasulpur Jandi's land. Of the village's 451 hectares, 414 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (43 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (371 hectares). About 35 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 4 hours a day. The census recorded 122 cultivators and 203 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Rasulpur Jandi is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Mullanpur Dakha, about 9 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Jagraon, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sangatpura, Jandi, Raowal and Bangsipura.

What is the population of Rasulpur Jandi?

The population of Rasulpur Jandi was 1,348 at the 2011 census, living in 250 households in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Rasulpur Jandi have?

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