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Jangpur is a village of Ludhiana District in Punjab, India. It had a population of around 2,738[1] in 2011 Indian census, most of whom are engaged in agricultural work. The village is located approximately eighteen kilometres south-west of Ludhiana, and two kilometres from Grand Trunk Road.

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Jangpur
village
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Coordinates: 30.832°N 75.682°E / 30.832; 75.682
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Ludhiana West
Sub-Tehsil	Mullanpur
Bloc	Sudhar
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,738
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
• Second language	Hindi
• Third language	English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	141101
Telephone code	0161
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Vehicle registration	PB-10
Nearest city	Ludhiana
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Dakha
Lok Sabha constituency	Ludhiana West
Website	jangpur.com

2011 Census Chart[1]

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	571
Population	2738	1450	1288
Child (0-6)	274	148	126
Literacy	76.15  %	80.13  %	71.66 %
Total Workers	1037	818	219
Main Workers	972	779	193
Marginal Workers	65	39	26
Non-Workers	1701	632	1069

Religious places, festivities and sports

Jangpur proudly contains a range of worship spaces. For instance it has two Sikh Gurdwaras, a Hindu Mandir and Mata Rani, a Sufi Khanqah or Khaneh-gah (literally — 'house of the present time'), a Muslim Masjid and unaffiliated (non-orthodoxic) Asthaan Baabe Shaheedan (literally — 'place of the martyr elders').

It holds a ton of religious and non-religious events and the youngsters show a great passion for sports especially Football (Soccer) The village has its own football team called Jangpur Football Club JFC.[2]

References

External links

• About Jangpur
• Jangpur Football Club (JFC)

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