# Pir Jain Village, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab)

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Village · Fatehgarh Sahib, Fatehgarh Sahib 

# Pir Jain

Pir Jain is a village in Fatehgarh Sahib sub-district of Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, PIN code **140203**. The 2011 Census counted **799 people in 159 households**, the 79th largest of 170 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 799people (2011)
- 159households
- 67.6%literacy
- 140203PIN code

## Pir Jain PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pir Jain is 140203.** Pir Jain falls in Fatehgarh Sahib sub-district, Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab.

- PIN code140203
- Gram panchayatPir Jain
- Community development blockKhera
- Census village code032665

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

## How far is Pir Jain from nearby towns?

- Fatehgarh Sahib (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Fatehgarh Sahib (district HQ)6 km by road
- Fatehgarh Sahib (nearest town)8 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 Pir Jain?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Blahri Kalan
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Fatehgarh Sahib
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bassi Pathana
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 14 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 Pir Jain known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 84% of the 196 hectares of village land is sown, and 164 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 Pir Jain

Of every 100 households in Pir Jain in 2011, 90 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 40 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Pir Jain · ■ Fatehgarh Sahib rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**98%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**17%

Tap water ****7%**

**32%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**89%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**47%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**49%

Use banking services ****65%**

**74%

Television ****70%**

**86%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**80%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****40%**

**58%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**15%

None of these assets ****9%**

**3%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Pir Jain?

■ Pir Jain · ■ Fatehgarh Sahib rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****673**

**816

Working population ****32.2%**

**33.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.7% for men and 66.4% for women. 50% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 66 (26%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 165 (64%) · **■** Marginal 24 (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 Fatehgarh Sahib

- Randhawa816 people
- Bir Bhamarsi809 people
- Jago Chanarthal808 people
- Hansali802 people
- Bagrian786 people
- Dera Mir Miran784 people
- Badali Maiki778 people
- Barkatpur775 people

[All 171 villages in Fatehgarh Sahib](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/fatehgarh-sahib/fatehgarh-sahib/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pir Jain?140203
- How far is Pir Jain from Fatehgarh Sahib?6 km by road
- What is the population of Pir Jain?799 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pir Jain in?Fatehgarh Sahib district (Fatehgarh Sahib sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Pir Jain?67.6% (Census 2011)
