Jallala Badਜਲਾਲਾਬਾਦ

Where is Jallala Bad?

Jallala Bad is a village of Khadur Sahib tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Patti, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Khadur Sahib community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038314, and it covers 1,543 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,049 people in Jallala Bad: 2,099 men and 1,950 women, living in 741 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 1,543 hectares, the population density works out to about 262 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 929 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 478, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,657 people, about 41 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.15 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.4 per cent and women at 68.61 per cent. The census recorded 1,236 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 1,191 main workers, the largest group, 492, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 352 agricultural labourers and 314 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 45 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jallala Bad's land. Of the village's 1,543 hectares, 1,347 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (1,347 hectares). About 196 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 494 cultivators and 374 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 2 government middle schools, 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 2 primary health sub-centres and an allopathic hospital. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jallala Bad is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Patti, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Khadur Sahib, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Rampur Narotampur, Fazilpur and Gagrewal.

What is the population of Jallala Bad?

The population of Jallala Bad was 4,049 at the 2011 census, living in 741 households in Khadur Sahib tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Jallala Bad have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jallala Bad 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.