Dhandhua Explained

Dhandhua
Native Name Lang:pan
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Punjab#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates:31.1866°N 75.9139°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Punjab
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
Government Type:Panchayat raj
Governing Body:Gram panchayat
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:474[1]
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Note:Sex ratio 247/227 /
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Punjabi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:144504
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:01823
Iso Code:IN-PB
Blank1 Info Sec2:Behram[2]

Dhandhua is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away from postal head office Nawanshahar, from Garhshankar, from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]

Demography

As of 2011, Dhandhua has a total number of 104 houses and population of 474 of which 247 include are males while 227 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Dhandhua is 80.29%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 58 which is 12.24% of total population of Dhandhua, and child sex ratio is approximately 1071 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[4]

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 69.41% of total population in Dhandhua. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 133 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Dhandhua which includes 130 males and 3 females. According to census survey report 2011, 99.25% workers describe their work as main work and 0.75% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[5]

Landmarks

The village has a Government Seed Fish Farm which produced and supplied 90.06 lakh seed fish in 2015, and broke the records of previous years.[6] Gurudwara Singh Sabha and Shaheed Sardar Jagmail Singh Shergill's temple are religious sites.

Education

Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur and Sikh National College Banga are the nearest colleges.[7] Lovely Professional University is away from the village.

Transport

Mallo Pota railway station is the nearest train station however, Phagwara Junction railway station is away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located away 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 away in Amritsar.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: District Census Handbook SBS Nagar. censusindia.gov.in.
  2. Web site: All India Pincode Directory. censusindia.gov.in.
  3. Web site: List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district. nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette). 28 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170924184443/http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf. 24 September 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011). pib.nic.in.
  5. Web site: Dhandhua population as of 2011 . Census of India.
  6. Web site: Nawanshahr district tops in seed fish production. tribuneindia.com.
  7. Web site: List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district. sbsnagarpolice.com.
  8. Web site: Distance from Dhandhua (Multiple routes). Google Map.