Karnail Ganj

Karnail Ganj
Village
Karnail Ganj
Location in Punjab, India
Karnail Ganj
Karnail Ganj (India)
Coordinates: 31°22′17″N 75°23′37″E / 31.371480°N 75.393681°E / 31.371480; 75.393681Coordinates: 31°22′17″N 75°23′37″E / 31.371480°N 75.393681°E / 31.371480; 75.393681
Country  India
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Government
 • Type Panchayati raj (India)
 • Body Gram panchayat
Population (2011)
 • Total 795[1]
  Sex ratio 410/385♂/♀
Languages
 • Official Punjabi
 • Other spoken Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 144636
Telephone code 01822
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB-09
Website kapurthala.gov.in

Karnail Ganj is a village in Bhulath Tehsil in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Bhulath, 30 kilometres (19 mi) away from district headquarter Kapurthala. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per the constitution of India and Panchayati raj (India). [2] The village was named after Colonel Jawala Singh Hundal, an officer in the Kapurthala State Forces.

Demography

According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Karnail Ganj has 171 houses with the total population of 795 persons of which 410 are male and 385 females. Literacy rate of Karnail Ganj is 77.98%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years is 91 which is 11.45% of the total population. Child sex ratio is approximately 685, lower than the state average of 846.[3]

Population data

ParticularsTotalMaleFemale
Total No. of Houses171--
Population795410385
Child (0-6)915437
Schedule Caste000
Schedule Tribe000
Literacy77.98 %81.46 %74.43 %
Total Workers25924316
Main Worker24900
Marginal Worker10100

As per census 2011, 259 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Karnail Ganj which includes 243 males and 16 females. According to census survey report 2011, 96.14% workers (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) describe their work as main work and 3.86% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.

Caste

The village doesn't have any schedule caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe (ST) population. Saini, jatt, lubana, kamboj are natives of karnail ganj.

Transport

There are no railway stations near to Karnail Ganj in less than 10 km however, Jalandhar City Railway station is 35 km away from the village. The village is 77 km away from Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Amritsar and the another nearest airport is Pathankot Airport in Pathankot which is located 76 km away from the village. Kartarpur, Urmar Tanda, Dasua, Qadian are the nearby Cities to Karnail Ganj village.

Nearby Villages

References

  1. ↑ "Karnail Ganj Population per Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. ↑ "About the village". onefivenine.com.
  3. ↑ "Karnail Ganj". census2011.co.in. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

List of cities near the village

Air travel connectivity

The closest International airport to the village is Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport.


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