# Shekhe Pind Village, Jalandhar - I, Jalandhar (Punjab)

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Village · Jalandhar - I, Jalandhar 

# Shekhe Pind

Shekhe Pind is a village in Jalandhar - I sub-district of Jalandhar district, Punjab, PIN code **144025**. The 2011 Census counted **487 people in 105 households**, the 109th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.4%.

- 487people (2011)
- 105households
- 82.7%literacy
- 144025PIN code

## Shekhe Pind PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shekhe Pind is 144025.** Shekhe Pind falls in Jalandhar - I sub-district, Jalandhar district, Punjab.

- PIN code144025
- Gram panchayatShekhe Pind
- Community development blockJalandhar
- Census village code030344

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

## How far is Shekhe Pind from nearby towns?

- Jalandhar - I (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Jalandhar (district HQ)7 km by road
- Jalandhar (nearest town)5 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 Shekhe Pind?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Shekhe Pind; 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
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dhada
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Jalandhar
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Jalandhar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 15 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 Shekhe Pind known for?

The main crops are **wheat, sugarcane and potato**. About 62% of the 84 hectares of village land is sown, and 52 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 Shekhe Pind

Of every 100 households in Shekhe Pind in 2011, 99 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 46 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 44 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Shekhe Pind · ■ Jalandhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**98%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**24%

Tap water ****80%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****97%**

**86%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****46%**

**58%

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

**38%

Use banking services ****69%**

**80%

Television ****91%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**4%

Two-wheeler ****44%**

**52%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**12%

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

**2%

Own their home ****94%**

**91%

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 Shekhe Pind?

■ Shekhe Pind · ■ Jalandhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.7%**

**82.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**893

Working population ****36.1%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 77.9% for women. 58% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 14 (8%) · **■** Household industry 10 (6%) · **■** Other work 109 (62%) · **■** Marginal 43 (24%)

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 Jalandhar - I

- Nangal Jamalpur532 people
- Gopalpur510 people
- Talwara506 people
- Dhandauri504 people
- Lutera Khurd455 people
- Usmanpur453 people
- Jalpot447 people
- Kasampur443 people

[All 138 villages in Jalandhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/jalandhar/jalandhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shekhe Pind?144025
- How far is Shekhe Pind from Jalandhar?7 km by road
- What is the population of Shekhe Pind?487 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhe Pind in?Jalandhar district (Jalandhar - I sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhe Pind?82.7% (Census 2011)
