Lakhanpal, Punjab Explained

Lakhanpal
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Punjab#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates:31.1829°N 75.6458°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Punjab
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Jalandhar
Government Type:Panchayat raj
Governing Body:Gram panchayat
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:240
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:1270
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Note:Sex ratio 619/651 /
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Punjabi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:144633
Area Code Type:Telephone
Area Code:01824
Registration Plate:PB- 08
Iso Code:IN-PB
Blank1 Name Sec2:Post office
Blank1 Info Sec2:Sarhali (Jalandhar)

Lakhanpal is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 3.4 km away from postal head office in Sarhali, 14 km from Phagwara, 24.6 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 142 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch, who is an elected representative.

Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school (GPS Lakhanpal). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises and it was founded in 1955.[1]

Demography

According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Lakhanpal has a total number of 273 houses and population of 1270 of which include 619 males and 651 females. Literacy rate of Lakhanpal is 78.93%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 126 which is 9.92% of total population of Lakhanpal, and child sex ratio is approximately 853 higher than state average of 846.[2]

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 65.98% of total population in Lakhanpal. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per census 2011, 377 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Lakhanpal which includes 318 males and 59 females. According to census survey report 2011, 93.90% workers describe their work as main work and 6.10% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.

Transport

Phagwara Junction railway station is the nearest train station however, Phillaur Junction train station is 31.5 km away from the village. The village is 68.6 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 126 km away in Amritsar.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Details Of School . ICBSE.
  2. Web site: Village Population per Census India. censusindia.gov.in.