Theh Kushalgarh is a village in Nakodar in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 27 kilometres (17 mi) from Nakodar, 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Kapurthala, 49 kilometres (30 mi) from district headquarter Jalandhar and 190 kilometres (120 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).
Theh Kushalgarh | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 31°07′31″N 75°10′33″E / 31.125229°N 75.1759075°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Punjab |
District | Jalandhar |
Tehsil | Nakodar |
Government | |
• Type | Panchayat raj |
• Body | Gram panchayat |
Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 382[1] |
Sex ratio 193/189 ♂/♀ | |
Languages | |
• Official | Punjabi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
Vehicle registration | PB- 08 |
Website | jalandhar |
Demography
editAs of 2011, The village has a total number of 78 houses and population of 382 of which include 193 are males while 189 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of the village is 75.52%, lower than state average of 80.36%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 43 which is 11.26% of total population of the village, and child sex ratio is approximately 1263 higher than the state average of 846.
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constiTalwandi Sanghraes 28.80% of total population in the village. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per census 2011, 135 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 117 males and 18 females. According to census survey report 2011, 85.93% workers describe their work as main work and 14.07% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1]
Transport
editNakodar railway station is the nearest train station. The village is 97 kilometres (60 mi) away from domestic airport in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 101 kilometres (63 mi) away in Amritsar.