Thammanwal

Thammanwal
Village
Thammanwal
Thammanwal

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°01′25″N 75°40′12″E / 31.0235678°N 75.670073°E / 31.0235678; 75.670073Coordinates: 31°01′25″N 75°40′12″E / 31.0235678°N 75.670073°E / 31.0235678; 75.670073
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Government
  Type Panchayat raj
  Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 240 m (790 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 647[1]
  Sex ratio 340/307 /
Languages
  Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144036
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB-08
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Thammanwal is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 2.5 km from Mao Sahib, 12.9 km from Phillaur, 40.6 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 133 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[2]

Demography

As of 2011, The village has a total number of 143 houses and population of 647 of which include 340 are males while 307 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of the village is 69.84%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 80 which is 12.36% of total population of the village, and child sex ratio is approximately 1222 higher than the state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 80.22% of total population in the village. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per census 2011, 178 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 162 males and 16 females. According to census survey report 2011, 94.38% workers describe their work as main work and 5.62% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1]

Transport

Bilga railway station is the nearest train station however, Phillaur Junction train station is 12.2 km away from the village. The village is 41.2 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 136 km away in Amritsar.

References

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