# Jafarwal Village, Shahkot, Jalandhar (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Shahkot, Jalandhar 

# Jafarwal

Jafarwal is a village in Shahkot sub-district of Jalandhar district, Punjab, PIN code **144702**. The 2011 Census counted **420 people in 81 households**, the 130th largest of 176 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 420people (2011)
- 81households
- 69.8%literacy
- 144702PIN code

## Jafarwal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Jafarwal is 144702.** Jafarwal falls in Shahkot sub-district, Jalandhar district, Punjab.

- PIN code144702
- Gram panchayatJafarwal
- Community development blockShahkot
- Census village code029805

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

## How far is Jafarwal from nearby towns?

- Shahkot (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Jalandhar (district HQ)45 km by road
- Shahkot (nearest town)3 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 Jafarwal?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Jafarwal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Shahkot
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Shahkot
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Shahkot
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 16 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 Jafarwal known for?

The main crops are **wheat, sugarcane and sarson**. About 91% of the 108 hectares of village land is sown, and 98 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 Jafarwal

Of every 100 households in Jafarwal in 2011, 99 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 42 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 58 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Jafarwal · ■ Shahkot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**26%

Tap water ****60%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**77%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****42%**

**40%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**56%

Use banking services ****89%**

**71%

Television ****84%**

**83%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**81%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****58%**

**54%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**12%

None of these assets ****4%**

**4%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Jafarwal?

■ Jafarwal · ■ Shahkot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**862

Working population ****43.8%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 63.9% for women. 58% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (46%) · **■** Household industry 9 (5%) · **■** Other work 38 (21%) · **■** Marginal 9 (5%)

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 Shahkot

- Mehmadpur464 people
- Aidalpur457 people
- Khanpur Rajputan448 people
- Jaffarpur443 people
- Badli410 people
- Heran406 people
- Namazipur402 people
- Theh Kushalgarh382 people

[All 179 villages in Shahkot](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/jalandhar/shahkot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Jafarwal?144702
- How far is Jafarwal from Jalandhar?45 km by road
- What is the population of Jafarwal?420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jafarwal in?Jalandhar district (Shahkot sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Jafarwal?69.8% (Census 2011)