Lehal, Jalandhar

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Lehal
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Lehal
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Lehal
Lehal (India)
Coordinates: 31°09′23″N75°51′53″E / 31.1564731°N 75.8647002°E / 31.1564731; 75.8647002 Coordinates: 31°09′23″N75°51′53″E / 31.1564731°N 75.8647002°E / 31.1564731; 75.8647002
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Government
 • Type Panchayat raj
 • Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 240 m (790 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,114 [1]
  Sex ratio 559/555 ♂/♀
Languages
 • Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144502
Telephone 01826
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB- 08
Post office Dosanjh Kalan
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Lehal is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 7.3 km away from postal head office in Dosanjh Kalan, 23.9 km from Phillaur, 37.8 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 121 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

Jalandhar district District in Punjab, India

Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. District headquarters is Jalandhar city.

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%) forming the demographic majority and Hindus (38%) forming a sizable minority. The state capital is Chandigarh, a Union Territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana. The five rivers from which the region took its name were Sutlej, Ravi, Beas, Chenab and Jhelum; Sutlej, Ravi and Beas are part of the Indian Punjab.

Dosanjh Kalan Village in Punjab, India

Dosanjh Kalan is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is situated on Phagwara-Mukandpur road. The village is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Phagwara, 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Banga, 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Jalandhar, and 123 kilometres (76 mi) from the state capital at Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch who is the elected representative of the village.

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Demography

According to the report published by Census India in 2011 , Lehal has a total number of 230 houses and population of 1114 of which include 559 males and 555 females. Literacy rate of Lehal is 83.45%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 105 which is 9.43% of total population of Lehal, and child sex ratio is approximately 810 lower than state average of 846.

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 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 India

Literacy in India is a key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate has grown to 74.04%. Despite government programmes, India's literacy rate increased only "sluggishly". The 2011 census, indicated a 2001–2011 decadal literacy growth of 9.2%, which is slower than the growth seen during the previous decade. An old 1990 study estimated that it would take until 2060 for India to achieve universal literacy at then-current rate of progress.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 54.31% of total population in Lehal. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per census 2011, 380 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Lehal which includes 317 males and 63 females. According to census survey report 2011, 88.95% workers describe their work as main work and 11.5% 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 15.8 km away from the village. The village is 54.6 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 132 km away in Amritsar.

Goraya Town in Punjab, India

Goraya is a town in Jalandhar district and Phillaur Tehsil in the Indian state of Punjab. It lies between Phagwara and Ludhiana stretch of National Highway 44, Grand Trunk Road.

Train station Railway facility where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers and/or freight

A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot is a railway facility or area where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight. It generally consists of at least one track-side platform and a station building (depot) providing such ancillary services as ticket sales and waiting rooms. If a station is on a single-track line, it often has a passing loop to facilitate traffic movements. The smallest stations are most often referred to as "stops" or, in some parts of the world, as "halts".

Phagwara City in Punjab, India

Phagwara is a city and the Municipal Corporation with area of 20 km2(approx.) in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. The city lies on the National Highway 44 and located 124 kilometres (77 mi) away from Chandigarh and 20 kilometres (12 mi) away from Jalandhar361 kilometres (224 mi) from Delhi.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Village Population per Census India". censusindia.gov.in.
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