Jaja Kalan
| Jaja Kalan ਜੱਜਾ ਕਲਾਂ | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Jaja Kalan  Jaja Kalan Location in Punjab, India | |
| Coordinates: 31°05′29″N 75°43′40″E / 31.0914495°N 75.7277393°ECoordinates: 31°05′29″N 75°43′40″E / 31.0914495°N 75.7277393°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Jalandhar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat raj |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 979[1] |
| Sex ratio 495/484 ♂/♀ | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 144409 |
| Telephone | 01824 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
| Vehicle registration | PB-08 |
| Website |
jalandhar |
Jaja Kalan (Punjabi: ਜੱਜਾ ਕਲਾਂ) is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 5.1 km away from Rurka Kalan, 11 km from Phillaur, 35.3 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 122 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[2]
Demography
According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Jaja Kalan has a total number of 214 houses and population of 979 of which include 495 males and 484 females. Literacy rate of Jaja Kalan is 84.41%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 94 which is 9.60% of total population of Jaja Kalan, and child sex ratio is approximately 649 lower than state average of 846.
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 46.68% of total population in Jaja Kalan. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per census 2011, 326 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Jaja Kalan which includes 298 males and 28 females. According to census survey report 2011, 73.01% workers describe their work as main work and26.99% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1]
Transport
Goraya railway station is the nearest train station however, Phagwara Junction train station is 19.3 km away from the village. The village is 40 km away from domestic airport in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 135 km away in Amritsar.
References
- 1 2 "Village Population per Census India". censusindia.gov.in.
- ↑ "About the village". villageinfo.in.