# Dhinpur

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Not to be confused with [Dhianpur](/source/Dhianpur).

**Dhinpur** is a village in [Rurka Kalan](/source/Rurka_Kalan) tehsil in [Jalandhar district](/source/Jalandhar_district) of [Punjab](/source/Punjab,_India) [State](/source/States_and_territories_of_India), India. It is located 3 km away from Rurka Kalan, 20 km from [Phillaur](/source/Phillaur), 29.5 km from district headquarters [Jalandhar](/source/Jalandhar) and 132 km from state capital [Chandigarh](/source/Chandigarh). The village is [administrated](/source/Administration_(government)) by a [sarpanch](/source/Sarpanch) who is an [elected representative](/source/Elected_representative) of the village as per [Panchayati raj (India)](/source/Panchayati_raj_(India)).

## Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, [co-ed](/source/Co-education) [primary school](/source/Primary_school) (GPS Dhinpur). The school provides [mid-day meal](/source/Mid_day_meals) as per Indian the [Midday Meal Scheme](/source/Midday_Meal_Scheme) and the meal is prepared on school premises and it was founded in 1995.[2]

## Demography

According to the report [published](/source/Published) by [Census India in 2011](/source/2011_Census_of_India), Dhinpur has a total number of 80 houses and population of 398 of which include 200 males and 198 females. [Literacy](/source/Literacy_in_India) rate of Dhinpur is 79.32%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 45 which is 11.31% of total population of Dhinpur, and child sex ratio is approximately 552 lower than state average of 897.

Most of the people are from [Schedule Caste](/source/Schedule_Caste) which constitutes 78.14% of the total population in Dhinpur. The town does not have any [Schedule Tribe](/source/Schedule_Tribe) population so far.

As per census 2011, 109 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Dhinpur which includes 103 males and 6 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.[1]

## Transport

Nurmahal railway station is the nearest [train station](/source/Train_station); however, Phillaur Junction [train station](/source/Train_station) is 14.4 km away from the village. The village is 53.4 km away from [domestic airport](/source/Domestic_airport) in [Ludhiana](/source/Ludhiana) and the nearest [international airport](/source/International_airport) is located in Chandigarh also [Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport](/source/Sri_Guru_Ram_Dass_Jee_International_Airport) is the second nearest airport which is 132 km away in [Amritsar](/source/Amritsar).

## References

1. ["Village Population per Census India"](https://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=32805). *censusindia.gov.in*

1. ["Details Of School"](https://www.icbse.com/schools/gps-dhinpur/03041001801). *ICBSE*

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