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Where is Kukar Pind?

Kukar Pind is a village in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Jalandhar Cantt., about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalandhar (East) community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030257, and it covers 512 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,730 people in Kukar Pind: 1,397 men and 1,333 women, living in 604 households, an average of about 4.5 people per household. Spread over its 512 hectares, the population density works out to about 533 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 954 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 255, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,278 people, about 47 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.57 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.68 per cent and women at 76.26 per cent. The census recorded 843 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 825 main workers, the largest group, 591, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 127 cultivators on their own land and 100 agricultural labourers. A further 18 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kukar Pind's land. Of the village's 512 hectares, 439 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (439 hectares). About 60 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 127 cultivators and 101 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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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, a cooperative bank branch and an ATM. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kukar Pind is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jalandhar Cantt., about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Jalandhar East, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Alipur, Kot Khurd, Bambianwali and Kot Kalan.

What is the population of Kukar Pind?

The population of Kukar Pind was 2,730 at the 2011 census, living in 604 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Kukar Pind have?

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