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== Demography ==
== Demography ==
According to the report [[published]] by [[2011 Census of India|Census India in 2011]] , Lehal has a total number of 230 houses and population of 1114 of which include 559 males and 555 females. [[Literacy in India|Literacy]] rate of Lehal is 83.45%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 105 which is 9.43% of total population of Lehal, and child sex ratio is approximately 810 lower than state average of 846.
{{See|Lehal (caste)}}
===Caste background===


Most of the people are from [[Schedule Caste]] which constitutes 54.31% of total population in Lehal. The town does not have any [[Schedule Tribes|Schedule Tribe]] population so far.
Most of the people are from [[General caste|Forward Caste]] including Nanakpanthi Jātts which constitutes around 65.31% of total population in Lehal village of Babar-Akalis Patronage.
 
As per census 2011, 380 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Lehal which includes 317 males and 63 females. According to census survey report 2011, 88.95% workers describe their work as main work and 11.5% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.<ref name=census />


== Transport ==
== Transport ==
[[Goraya]] railway station is the nearest [[train station]] however, [[Phagwara]] Junction [[train station]] is 15.8&nbsp;km away from the village. The village is 54.6&nbsp;km 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 132&nbsp;km away in [[Amritsar]].
[[Goraya]] railway station is the nearest [[train station]]; however, [[Phagwara]] Junction [[train station]] is 15.8&nbsp;km away from the village. The village is 54.6&nbsp;km 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 132&nbsp;km away in [[Amritsar]].


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 18:21, 1 October 2025

Lehal
Village
Lehal is located in Punjab
Lehal
Lehal
Location in Punjab, India
Lehal is located in India
Lehal
Lehal
Lehal (India)
Coordinates: 31°09′23″N 75°51′53″E / 31.1564731°N 75.8647002°E / 31.1564731; 75.8647002
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictJalandhar
Government
 • TypePanchayat raj
 • BodyGram panchayat
Elevation
240 m (790 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,114[1]
 Sex ratio 559/555 /
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144502
Telephone01826
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Vehicle registrationPB- 08
Post officeDosanjh Kalan
Websitejalandhar.nic.in

Lehal is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 7.3 km away from postal head office in Dosanjh Kalan, 23.9 km from Phillaur, 37.8 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 121 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

Demography[edit | edit source]

Caste background[edit | edit source]

Most of the people are from Forward Caste including Nanakpanthi Jātts which constitutes around 65.31% of total population in Lehal village of Babar-Akalis Patronage.

Transport[edit | edit source]

Goraya railway station is the nearest train station; however, Phagwara Junction train station is 15.8 km away from the village. The village is 54.6 km 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 132 km away in Amritsar.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Village Population per Census India". censusindia.gov.in.