Jadlaਜਡਲਾ

Where is Jadla?

Jadla is a village of Nawanshahr tehsil in SBS Nagar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Nawansahar, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nawanshahr community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032321, and it covers 909 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,442 people in Jadla: 2,309 men and 2,133 women, living in 895 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 909 hectares, the population density works out to about 489 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 924 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 460, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,088 people, about 47 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.39 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.44 per cent and women at 74.97 per cent. The census recorded 1,447 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 1,182 main workers, the largest group, 699, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 250 cultivators on their own land and 195 agricultural labourers. A further 265 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jadla's land. Of the village's 909 hectares, 810 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (810 hectares). About 99 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 275 cultivators and 218 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, 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health sub-centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch and a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jadla is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Nawansahar, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Nawanshahr, the tehsil headquarters, and Nawanshahr, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mazara Khurd, Birowal, Mazara Kalan and Uttal.

What is the population of Jadla?

The population of Jadla was 4,442 at the 2011 census, living in 895 households in Nawanshahr tehsil of SBS Nagar district.

What facilities does Jadla have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jadla has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office.