Johal, Jalandhar

Johal
ਜੋਹਲ
Village
Johal
Johal

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°06′25″N 75°45′22″E / 31.1069664°N 75.7560474°E / 31.1069664; 75.7560474Coordinates: 31°06′25″N 75°45′22″E / 31.1069664°N 75.7560474°E / 31.1069664; 75.7560474
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Government
  Type Panchayat raj
  Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 240 m (790 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 1,187[1]
  Sex ratio 632/555 /
Languages
  Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144418
Telephone 01826
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB-08
Post office Bara Pind
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Johal (Punjabi: ਜੋਹਲ) is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 8 km away from Goraya, 17.4 km from Phillaur, 41.6 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 126 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[2]

Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school (GPS Johal). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises and it was found in 1955.[3]

Demography

According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Johal has a total number of 228 houses and population of 1187 of which include 632 males and 555 females. Literacy rate of Johal is 78.23%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 112 which is 9.44% of total population of Johal, and child sex ratio is approximately 965 higher than state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 63.52% of total population in Johal. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per census 2011, 332 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Johal which includes 321 males and 11 females. According to census survey report 2011, 70.78% workers describe their work as main work and 29.22% 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 15.4 km away from the village. The village is 48.5 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 126 km away in Amritsar.

References

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