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Arif Ke

Arifke
Village
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Arif Ke
Location in Punjab, India
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Arif Ke
Arif Ke (India)
Coordinates: 31°02′20″N74°44′22″E / 31.0388795°N 74.7394753°E / 31.0388795; 74.7394753 Coordinates: 31°02′20″N74°44′22″E / 31.0388795°N 74.7394753°E / 31.0388795; 74.7394753
Country India
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Government
  Body Gram panchayat
Area
[1]
  Total8.48 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total2,757
  Density330/km2 (840/sq mi)
Languages
  Official Punjabi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
152021
Telephone code01632
Vehicle registration PB 05
Nearest city Firozpur
Civic agencyGram Panchayat

Arifke or Arif Ke, is a village in Firozepur tehsil of the Firozpur district in Punjab, India. [2] Arifke is located on the junction of new national highways NH 354 and NH 703A.

Firozpur district District in Punjab, India

Firozpur district is one of the twenty-two districts in the state of Punjab, India. Firozpur district comprises an area of 2,190 km2 (850 sq mi).

Punjab, India State in Northern India

Punjab is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast, Rajasthan to the southwest, and the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west. The state covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres, 1.53% of India's total geographical area. It is the 20th-largest Indian state by area. With 27,704,236 inhabitants at the 2011 census, Punjab is the 16th-largest state by population, comprising 22 districts. Punjabi is the most widely spoken and official language of the state. The main ethnic group are the Punjabis, with Sikhs (58%) and Hindus (38%). The state capital is Chandigarh, a Union Territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana. The five tributary rivers of the Indus River from which the region took its name are Sutlej, Ravi, Beas, Chenab and Jhelum Rivers; Sutlej, Ravi and Beas are part of the Indian Punjab.

National Highway 354, commonly referred to as NH 354 is a national highway in India. It is a spur road of National Highway 54 under Bharatmala scheme in the state of Punjab in India.

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Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India, total population of Arif Ke was 2,757 persons. Total number of households in Arifke was 528 as per 2011 census. There were total of 1,462 male persons and 1,295 females and a total number of 327 children of 6 years or below in Arif Ke village. The percentage of male population is 53.03%, the percentage of female population is 46.97% and the percentage of child population is 11.86%. Average Sex Ratio of Arif Ke village is 886 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. [3]

2011 Census of India 15th Indian Census

The 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register (NPR) was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indian residents by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9 and 28 February 2011. Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.70%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of the census was 'Our Census, Our future'.

Literacy

In 2011, literacy rate of Arif Ke village was 65.10 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Arif Ke, male literacy was 69.64 % and female literacy rate was 59.98 %.

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References

  1. "DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK FIROZPUR 2011 - VILLAGE AND TOWN WISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT (PCA)" (PDF). Census of India . Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. "Postal code of Arif Ke village". India Post . Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. "Arif Ke village census details". Census of India . Retrieved 6 December 2018.