# Behbal Kalan Village, Jaitu, Faridkot (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Jaitu, Faridkot 

# Behbal Kalan

Behbal Kalan is a village in Jaitu sub-district of Faridkot district, Punjab, PIN code **151208**. The 2011 Census counted **2,376 people in 442 households**, the 26th largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 2,376people (2011)
- 442households
- 65.3%literacy
- 151208PIN code

## Behbal Kalan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Behbal Kalan is 151208.** Behbal Kalan falls in Jaitu sub-district, Faridkot district, Punjab.

- PIN code151208
- Gram panchayatBehbal Kalan
- Community development blockKot Kapura
- Census village code035599

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Behbal Kalan from nearby towns?

- Jaitu (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Faridkot (district HQ)26 km by road
- Jaitu (nearest town)10 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Behbal Kalan?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Behbal Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kotakpura
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Jaitu
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Behbal Kalan known for?

The main crops are **wheat, paddy and cotton**. Products made here include mud utencils. About 91% of the 710 hectares of village land is sown, and 643 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Behbal Kalan

Of every 100 households in Behbal Kalan in 2011, 99 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 50 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 46 a two-wheeler and 16 a car.

■ Behbal Kalan · ■ Jaitu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**15%

Tap water ****22%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**80%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****50%**

**35%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**62%

Use banking services ****65%**

**57%

Television ****84%**

**75%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****46%**

**40%

Car / jeep / van ****16%**

**12%

None of these assets ****2%**

**5%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Behbal Kalan?

■ Behbal Kalan · ■ Jaitu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**900

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**857

Working population ****33.3%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.0% for men and 60.1% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 368 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (9%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 267 (34%) · **■** Marginal 69 (9%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jaitu

- Ran Singhwala2,534 people
- Madhak2,533 people
- Karirwali2,511 people
- Gondara2,492 people
- Gumti Khurd2,330 people
- Burj Harika2,309 people
- Dal Singhwala2,287 people
- Ajit Gill2,286 people

[All 41 villages in Jaitu](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/faridkot/jaitu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Behbal Kalan?151208
- How far is Behbal Kalan from Faridkot?26 km by road
- What is the population of Behbal Kalan?2,376 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Behbal Kalan in?Faridkot district (Jaitu sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Behbal Kalan?65.3% (Census 2011)
