Uppal Khalsa, Jalandhar Explained

Uppal Khalsa
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Punjab#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates:31.0959°N 75.5536°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:1476
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Note:Sex ratio 769/707 /
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Punjabi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:144039
Area Code Type:Telephone
Area Code:01821
Registration Plate:PB- 08
Iso Code:IN-PB
Blank1 Name Sec2:Posta office
Blank1 Info Sec2:Nurmahal

Uppal Khalsa is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 3 km from postal head office in Nurmahal, 25 km from Phillaur, 32 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 146 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch, who is an elected representative.

Demography

As of 2011, The village has a total number of 329 houses and population of 1476 of which include 769 are males while 707 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of the village is 77.62%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 329 which is 9.49% of total population of the village, and child sex ratio is approximately 944 higher than the state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 40.24% of total population in the village. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per census 2011, 504 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 437 males and 67 females. According to census survey report 2011, 93.06% workers describe their work as main work and 9.94% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.

Transport

Nurmahal railway station is the nearest train station however, Phillaur Junction train station is 24.5 km away from the village. The village is 53.5 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 122 km away in Amritsar.