GSS: Creating Sajawalpur

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Creating Sajawalpur

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{{Orphan|date=June 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sajawalpur
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.0950769|N|76.1795369|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district|Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar]]
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| elevation_m = 355
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 1031<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=35463|title=Sajawalpur Population per Census India|work=[[2011 Census of India]]}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 531/500 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 =
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144516
| area_code_type = [[Telephone code]]
| area_code = 01823
| iso_code = IN-PB
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Post office]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = Sanawa ([[India Posts|B.O]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-villagedirectory/Directory/short_code_rural_03.pdf|title=All India Pincode Directory|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|nawanshahr.nic.in}}
}}

'''Sajawalpur''' is a village in [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located 600 meters away from [[India Posts|branch post office]] Sanawa, {{convert|8.8|km}} from [[Nawanshahr]], {{convert|17|km}} from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and {{convert|84|km}} from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is administrated by [[Sarpanch]] an elected representative of the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf|title=List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district|work=nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette)|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510104814/http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf|archivedate=10 May 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Demography ==
As of 2011, Sajawalpur has a total number of 220 houses and population of 1031 of which 531 include are males while 500 are females according to the report published by [[2011 Census of India|Census India in 2011]]. The [[Literacy|literacy rate]] of Sajawalpur is 78.93% higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 82 which is 7.85% of total population of Sajawalpur, and [[child sex ratio]] is approximately 907 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=103437|title=Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)|work=pib.nic.in}}</ref>

Most of the people are from [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Caste]] which constitutes 39.38% of total population in Sajawalpur. The town does not have any [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Tribe]] population so far.<ref name=census />

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 333 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Sajawalpur which includes 321 males and 12 females. According to census survey report 2011, 48.95% workers describe their work as main work and 51.05% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing [[livelihood]] for less than 6 months.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0305_PART_B_DCHB%20_SAHID%20BHAGAT%20SINGH%20NAGAR.pdf|title=District Census Handbook SBS Nagar|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>

== Education ==
The village has no school and children either travel or walk to other villages for schooling often covering between {{convert|8 or 10|km|mi}}. KC Engineering College and Doaba Khalsa Trust Group Of Institutions are the nearest colleges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbsnagarpolice.com/Forms/School%20College%20of%20SBS%20Nagar.pdf|title=List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district|work=sbsnagarpolice.com}}</ref> Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is {{convert|6.4|km}}. The village is {{convert|65|km}} away from Chandigarh University, {{convert|42|km}} from [[Indian Institute of Technology]] and {{convert|51.7|km}} away from [[Lovely Professional University]].

''List of schools nearby:''
*Govt Primary School, [[Sadhpur]]
*Govt High School, [[Saidpur Kalan]]
*Govt Senior Secondary School, [[Ladhana Jhikka]]
*Govt High School, [[Jhander Kalan]]
*Guru Ram Dass Public School, [[Cheta, SBS Nagar|Cheta]]

== Transport ==
Nawanshahr train station is the nearest train station however, [[Garhshankar]] Junction railway station is {{convert|18.3|km}} away from the village. [[Sahnewal Airport]] is the nearest domestic airport which located {{convert|59|km}} away 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 {{convert|161|km}} away in [[Amritsar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/Sajawalpur,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Nawanshahr+Railway+Station,+Railway+Road,+Guru+Ravidas+Nagar,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Sajawalpur,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Garhshankar+Junction,+Garhshankar-Hoshiarpur+Road,+Garhshankar,+Punjab/Sajawalpur,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Ludhiana+Airport,+Ludhiana,+Punjab/Sajawalpur,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Sri+Guru+Ram+Dass+Jee+International+Airport,+Raja+Sansi,+Punjab/@31.2760533,74.9400889,9z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m50!4m49!1m5!1m1!1s0x391aba3ff2e25ec1:0xc365095ddd6ff7f0!2m2!1d76.1856191!2d31.0946677!1m5!1m1!1s0x391abdc00733d547:0xb47c552bf41ad7ec!2m2!1d76.1089072!2d31.1216023!1m5!1m1!1s0x391aba3ff2e25ec1:0xc365095ddd6ff7f0!2m2!1d76.1856191!2d31.0946677!1m5!1m1!1s0x391abf70c8ccbed7:0xe1194be2a5ffb5d8!2m2!1d76.1385636!2d31.2240694!1m5!1m1!1s0x391aba3ff2e25ec1:0xc365095ddd6ff7f0!2m2!1d76.1856191!2d31.0946677!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a83a8f16dc85d:0x4d81be91b95ee708!2m2!1d75.9569956!2d30.8505353!1m5!1m1!1s0x391aba3ff2e25ec1:0xc365095ddd6ff7f0!2m2!1d76.1856191!2d31.0946677!1m5!1m1!1s0x39196609c25343eb:0x2284aab8b51ba16d!2m2!1d74.8066719!2d31.7055209!3e0|title=Distance from Sajawalpur (Multiple routes)|work= Google Map}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of villages in India]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.punjabtourism.gov.in/ Tourism of Punjab]
* [http://punjabcensus.gov.in/ Census of Punjab]
* [http://cept.gov.in/lbpsd/placesearch.aspx Locality Based PINCode]

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[[Category:Villages in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district]]

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