Ladhana Ucha | |
Native Name Lang: | pan |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
Coordinates: | 31.2235°N 76.0336°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 |
Elevation M: | 251 |
Population Total: | 1971[1] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Note: | Sex ratio 956/1015 ♂/♀ |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 144510 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 01823 |
Iso Code: | IN-PB |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Post office |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | Ladhana Jhikka[2] |
Ladhana Ucha is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away from postal head office Ladhana Jhikka, from Nawanshahr, 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]
As of 2011, Ladhana Ucha has a total number of 434 houses and population of 1971 of which 956 include are males while 1015 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Ladhana Ucha is 79.68%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 185 which is 9.39% of total population of Ladhana Ucha, and child sex ratio is approximately 968 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[4]
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 36.94% of total population in Ladhana Ucha. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 568 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Ladhana Ucha which includes 608 males and 60 females. According to census survey report 2011, 82.11% workers describe their work as main work and 17.89% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[5]
Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur and Sikh National College Banga are the nearest colleges. Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is [6] The village is from Indian Institute of Technology and away from Lovely Professional University.
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Banga railway station is the nearest train station, However, Garhshankar Junction train station is away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport 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.[7]