Dalla, Punjab

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Dalla
ਡੱਲਾ
Village
Dalla
Dalla

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°04′08″N 75°35′03″E / 31.068784°N 75.584296°E / 31.068784; 75.584296Coordinates: 31°04′08″N 75°35′03″E / 31.068784°N 75.584296°E / 31.068784; 75.584296
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Phillaur
Government
  Type Panchayat raj
  Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 1,247[1]
  Sex ratio 651/596 /
Languages
  Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144039
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB 37
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Dalla (Punjabi: ਡੱਲਾ) is a village in Phillaur tehsil in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 3 km from Nurmahal, 23 km from Phillaur, 32 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 133 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.

Demography

As of 2011, Dalla has a total number of 238 houses and population of 1247 of which include 651 are males while 596 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of Dalla is 80.09%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 117 which is 9.38% of total population of Dalla, and child sex ratio is approximately 696 higher than state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 26.06% of total population in Dalla. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per census 2011, 441 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Dalla which includes 387 males and 54 females. According to census survey report 2011, 95.01% workers describe their work as main work and 4.99% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1]

Transport

Nurmagal railway station is the nearest train station however, Phillaur Junction train station is 23 km away from the village. The village is 53 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 128 km away in Amritsar.

References

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