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About Jainpur Village

Jainpur is a mid sized village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,033, made up of 505 males and 528 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144620, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jainpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jainpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Tehsil Sultanpur Lodhi
Pincode 144620
Area (hectares) 313.64 hectares
Population 1,033
Male Population 505
Female Population 528
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,046
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Jainpur compares

By the 2011 count Jainpur is the 27th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 313.64 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Jainpur

The census records public bus service for Jainpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jainpur from other places

Jainpur lies about 20 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Dudwindi, about 3.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Jainpur
Nearest railway station Dudwindi 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sultanpur Lodhi 5.8 km
District headquarters Kapurthala 20 km
Nearest town Kapurthala Town 20 km

Villages closest to Jainpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Jainpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Jainpur village had a population of 1,033. That makes it the 27th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Jainpur village has 505 males and 528 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jainpur has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Jainpur is 144620. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jainpur covers 313.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jainpur falls under Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Jainpur is Dudwindi, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Jainpur.

Jainpur is about 20 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jainpur is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district. Dudwindi is about 3.6 km away. Sultanpur Lodhi is about 5.8 km away. Kapurthala is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Haibatpur (under 2 km), Wadhail Khuda Bakhashwala (1.5 km) and Shikarpur (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Jainpur today is likely to be higher.

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