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

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Village · Shahkot, Jalandhar 

# Sindhar

Sindhar is a village in Shahkot sub-district of Jalandhar district, Punjab, PIN code **144702**. The 2011 Census counted **1,486 people in 296 households**, the 21st largest of 176 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,486people (2011)
- 296households
- 73.6%literacy
- 144702PIN code

## Sindhar PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code144702
- Gram panchayatSindhar
- Community development blockLohian Khas
- Census village code029779

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

## How far is Sindhar from nearby towns?

- Shahkot (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Jalandhar (district HQ)50 km by road
- Lohian Khass (nearest town)7 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 Sindhar?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Sindhar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Manak
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nakodar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Lohian Khas
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 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 Sindhar known for?

The main crops are **wheat, sugarcane and sarson**. About 88% of the 415 hectares of village land is sown, and 367 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 Sindhar

Of every 100 households in Sindhar in 2011, 99 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 59 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 60 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Sindhar · ■ Shahkot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**26%

Tap water ****25%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**77%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****59%**

**40%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****39%**

**56%

Use banking services ****77%**

**71%

Television ****88%**

**83%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**81%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****60%**

**54%

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

**12%

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

**4%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Sindhar?

■ Sindhar · ■ Shahkot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****832**

**862

Working population ****37.0%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 69.9% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 213 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 114 (21%) · **■** Marginal 63 (11%)

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

- Talwandi Madho1,574 people
- Parjian Kalan1,569 people
- Billi Chaharmi1,537 people
- Pipli1,496 people
- Kakar Kalan1,456 people
- Talwandi Sanghra1,455 people
- Saidpur Jhiri1,438 people
- Nihaluwal1,433 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sindhar?144702
- How far is Sindhar from Jalandhar?50 km by road
- What is the population of Sindhar?1,486 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sindhar in?Jalandhar district (Shahkot sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Sindhar?73.6% (Census 2011)