Jhorarਝੋਰਰ

Where is Jhorar?

Jhorar is a village of Malout tehsil in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Malout, about 13 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 035271, and it covers 2,019 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,023 people in Jhorar: 2,626 men and 2,397 women, living in 1,032 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 2,019 hectares, the population density works out to about 249 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 913 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 559, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,541 people, about 51 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 55.62 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.46 per cent and women at 48.2 per cent. The census recorded 1,923 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 1,514 main workers, the largest group, 643, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 515 cultivators on their own land and 339 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 409 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jhorar's land. Of the village's 2,019 hectares, 1,822 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,803 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (19 hectares). About 189 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 525 cultivators and 947 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, 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Jhorar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Malout, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Malout, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ramnagar Khazan Singh, Aulakh, Sanoke and Enakhera.

What is the population of Jhorar?

The population of Jhorar was 5,023 at the 2011 census, living in 1,032 households in Malout tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Jhorar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jhorar has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.