Yusafpur Darewal
Yusafpur Darewal | |
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Village | |
  Yusafpur Darewal Location in Punjab, India  Yusafpur Darewal Yusafpur Darewal (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31°08′42″N 75°04′55″E / 31.145023°N 75.0820502°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Jalandhar |
| Tehsil | Nakodar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat raj |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,349[1] |
| Sex ratio 730/619 ♂/♀ | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
| Vehicle registration | PB- 08 |
| Website | jalandhar |
Yusafpur Darewal is a village in Nakodar in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Nakodar, 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Kapurthala, 54 kilometres (34 mi) from district headquarter Jalandhar and 195 kilometres (121 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.
Demography[edit]
As of 2011, The village has a total number of 244 houses and population of 1349 of which include 730 are males while 619 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of the village is 63.26%, lower than state average of 80.36%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 127 which is 9.41% of total population of the village, and child sex ratio is approximately 568 lower than the state average of 846.
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constiTalwandi Sanghraes 29.58% of total population in the village. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per census 2011, 527 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 429 males and 98 females. According to census survey report 2011, 95.26% workers describe their work as main work and 4.74% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1]
Transport[edit]
Nakodar railway station is the nearest train station. The village is 102 kilometres (63 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 95 kilometres (59 mi) away in Amritsar.