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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Johal
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.1069664|N|75.7560474|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]
| subdivision_type3 =
| subdivision_name3 =
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric


| elevation_m = 240
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 1187<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=32770|title=Village Population per Census India|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 632/555 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 =
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144418
| area_code_type = Telephone
| area_code = 01826
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#PB.E2.80.94Punjab|PB]]- 08
| iso_code = IN-PB
| blank1_name_sec2 = Post office
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Bara Pind]]
| website = {{URL|jalandhar.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Johal''' is a village in [[Jalandhar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located 8 km away from [[Goraya]], 17.4 km from [[Phillaur]], 41.6 km from district headquarter [[Jalandhar]] and 126 km from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is [[Administration (government)|administrated]] by a [[sarpanch]] who is an [[elected representative]] of village.

== Education ==
The village has a Punjabi medium, [[Co-education|co-ed]] [[primary school]] (GPS Johal). The school provide [[Mid day meals|mid-day meal]] as per Indian [[Midday Meal Scheme]] and the meal prepared in school premises and it was found in 1955.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.icbse.com/schools/gps-johal/03040804601 | title=Details Of School | work=ICBSE}}</ref>

== Demography ==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Johal had 228 houses and a population of 1187, of which 632 were males and 555 females. The [[Literacy in India|literacy]] rate was 78.23%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years was 112, which was 9.44% of the total population, and the child sex ratio was approximately 965, higher than state average of 846. 63.52% of the village population was classified as [[Scheduled Caste]]; there were no [[Scheduled Tribe]] people.

As per census 2011, 332 people were engaged in work activities, being 321 males and 11 females. 70.78% workers described their work as main work and 29.22% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.<ref name=census />

== Transport ==
Goraya railway station is the nearest [[train station]] however, [[Phagwara]] Junction [[train station]] is 15.4 km away from the village. The village is 48.5 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 126 km away in [[Amritsar]].

== References ==
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{{Jalandhar district}}


[[Category:Villages in Jalandhar district]]

Johal Phillaur - Revision history

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