Country India District Jalandhar PIN 144039 Elevation 240 m Area code 01821 | State Punjab Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone 01821 Population 1,035 (2011) Government body Gram panchayat | |
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Uppal Bhupa is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 8.8 km from postal head office in Nurmahal, 19.3 km from Phillaur, 37.3 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 140 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.
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Map of Uppal Bhupa, Punjab 144039
Demography
As of 2011, The village has a total number of 227 houses and population of 1035 of which include 506 are males while 529 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of the village is 81.24%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 97 which is 9.37% of total population of the village, and child sex ratio is approximately 1205 higher than the state average of 846.
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 55.7% of total population in the village. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per census 2011, 280 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 271 males and 9 females. According to census survey report 2011, 100% workers describe their work as main work and 0% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Transport
Nurmahal railway station is the nearest train station however, Phillaur Junction train station is 18.7 km away from the village. The village is 47.8 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 130 km away in Amritsar.