Gurusar Jodhaਗੁਰੂਸਰ ਜੋਧਾ

Where is Gurusar Jodha?

Gurusar Jodha is a village in Malout tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Malout, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malout community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035244, and it covers 1,152 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,558 people in Gurusar Jodha: 1,356 men and 1,202 women, living in 495 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,152 hectares, the population density works out to about 222 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 886 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 299, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 747 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.4 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.41 per cent and women at 58.51 per cent. The census recorded 979 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 958 main workers, the largest group, 426, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 395 other workers in trade, transport and services and 126 agricultural labourers. A further 21 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gurusar Jodha's land. Of the village's 1,152 hectares, 1,002 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,002 hectares). About 150 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 427 cultivators and 129 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Gurusar Jodha is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Malout, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Malout, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dabwali Dhab, Pakki Tibbi, Burj Sidhwan and Katianwali.

What is the population of Gurusar Jodha?

The population of Gurusar Jodha was 2,558 at the 2011 census, living in 495 households in Malout tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Gurusar Jodha have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Gurusar Jodha 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.