Jandiala is a village of the

Jalandhar district Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. The district headquarters is the city of Jalandhar. Before the Partition of India, Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division, with constituent ...

situated in the

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Demographics

The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Jandiala town and their gender ratio, as of 2011 census.

Housing

Jandiala's revenue records show that the total area of ownership of the village is 3399 acres out of which (according to the figures of 2006 census) the village is situated on 61 acres and farming is done on 2,989 acres. According to the 2006 census, the total number of houses is 1666.

History

The people of Jandiala believe that the foundation stone of the town was laid in 1426 by a Johal

Jat The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in l ...

named Ladha. When Ladha settled down, he had laid the foundation of his camp with a jand tree called the Morhi Gadna. Due to this, the name of Ladha’s camp became Jandwala.

Education

The only rural government college in Jalandhar is called the Guru Gobind Singh Government College Jandiala.

Religion

People of religious devotion built fourteen gurdwaras, six temples, a mosque in the six pattis of the village. A

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and a branch of Radha Swami Dera Beas have been built. The historic Gurdwara Dehura Sahib associated with Guru Arjan Dev Ji is situated on Jandiala.

Sarpanches

The first panchayat elections were held in Jandiala after Indian independence in 1952. The details of the sarpanches elected since then are as follows: * Giani Sohan Singh (1952 - 1957) * Giani Sohan Singh (1957 1962) * Comerade Ajit Singh Johal (1962 - 1972) * Swaran Singh Johal (1972 - 1977) * Comerade Jagir Singh Johal (1977 - 1982) * Baba Rajinder Singh Johal (1982 - 1993) * Gurchetan Singh Johal (1993 - 1998) * (no elections held from 1998 to 2003) * Baba Rajinder Singh Johal (2003 - 2008) * Comerade Narinder Kaur (2008 - 2013) * Gurbakhsh Kaur Johal (2013 - 2018) * Comerade Makhan Lal Pallan (2019 - 2024) * Kamaljit Singh Sahota (2024-present)

References

Villages in Jalandhar district Census towns in Jalandhar district {{Jalandhar district