Jamalpurਜਮਾਲਪੁਰ

Where is Jamalpur?

Jamalpur is a village of Patti tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Patti, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Patti community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038214, and it covers 191 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 781 people in Jamalpur: 399 men and 382 women, living in 174 households, an average of about 4.5 people per household. Spread over its 191 hectares, the population density works out to about 408 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 957 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 79, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 142 people, about 18 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.38 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.29 per cent and women at 60.51 per cent. The census recorded 208 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 204 main workers, the largest group, 108, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 65 other workers in trade, transport and services and 30 agricultural labourers. A further 4 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jamalpur's land. Of the village's 191 hectares, 156 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (155 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (1 hectares). About 35 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 109 cultivators and 31 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 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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

Jamalpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Patti, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Patti, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bahmniwala, Uboke, Kulla and Kairon.

What is the population of Jamalpur?

The population of Jamalpur was 781 at the 2011 census, living in 174 households in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Jamalpur have?

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