Ladhar Khurd

Ladhar Khurd
Village
Ladhar Khurd
Ladhar Khurd

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°08′39″N 75°53′19″E / 31.1441803°N 75.8885191°E / 31.1441803; 75.8885191Coordinates: 31°08′39″N 75°53′19″E / 31.1441803°N 75.8885191°E / 31.1441803; 75.8885191
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Government
  Type Panchayat raj
  Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 240 m (790 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 559[1]
  Sex ratio 269/290 /
Languages
  Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144502
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB-08
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Ladhar Khurd is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 6.5 km away from Mukandpur, 22 km from Phillaur, 39 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 117 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, Ladhar Khurd has a total number of 126 houses and population of 559 of which include 269 males and 290 females. Literacy rate of Ladhar Khurd is 77.04%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 45 which is 8.05% of total population of Ladhar Khurd, and child sex ratio is approximately 1500 higher than state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 37.21% of total population in Ladhar Khurd. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per census 2011, 218 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Ladhar Khurd which includes 161 males and 57 females. According to census survey report 2011, 98.62% workers describe their work as main work and 1.38% 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 17 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 133 km away in Amritsar.

References

  1. 1 2 "Village Population per Census India". censusindia.gov.in.
  2. "About the village". villageinfo.in.
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