Aujla Jogi

Village in Punjab, India
31°20′00″N 75°24′56″E / 31.333459°N 75.415535°E / 31.333459; 75.415535Country IndiaStatePunjabDistrictKapurthalaGovernment
 • TypePanchayati raj (India) • BodyGram panchayatPopulation
 (2011)
 • Total951 Sex ratio 462/489♂/♀Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi • Other spokenHindiTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN
144601
Telephone code01822ISO 3166 codeIN-PBVehicle registrationPB-09Websitekapurthala.gov.in

Aujla Jogi is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Kapurthala , which is both its district and sub-district headquarters. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch, who is an elected representative.

The Origin of Aujla Family

History of Aujla Family

History Background

Aujla is an hereditary sub-lineage primarily divided into two grand branches of Sardar Joga and Banwal Singh direct descendant from (Forefather of Ahluwalia Misldar) Sadhu Singh Aujla Jat Chiefs. [1][2] In the ancestry of Hajual Bhati migrated from the Present Day Jaisalmer Durg[citation needed]

Sardar Bagh Singh Co-founder of Ahluwalia Misal is the supervision of “Sadho” or Sadho Singh[3]

However Jogi Aujla, Kapurthala is over 200 years old and was founded by two brothers of the Aujla clan. These brothers were Sardar Joga Singh Aujla and Sardar Banwal Singh Aujla. [4] They were the grandsons of Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia who had conquered Kapurthala decades before their birth. Sardar Joga Singh Aujla had twelve sons and Sardar Banwal Singh Aujla had 10 sons. Later, some of these clan members lost their status and gradually become Ahluwalia Kalal [5]

Demography

According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Aujla Jogi has a total number of 218 houses and population of 951 of which include 462 males and 489 females. Literacy rate of Aujla Jogi is 77.56%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 91 which is 9.57% of total population of Aujla Jogi, and child sex ratio is approximately 1068 higher than state average of 846.

Air travel

The closest airport to the village is Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport.

Villages in Kapurthala

  • Villages in Kapurthala
  • Kapurthala Villages List

References

  1. ^ G. S. Chhabra (1972). Advanced History of the Punjab: Ranjit Singh & post Ranjit Singh period. New Academic. p. 21. Its founder was one Sadhu Singh, a jat of the Kalal or distiller caste. But the true founder of the confederacy was Jussa Singh...
  2. ^ Bhagata, Siṅgha (1993). A History of the Sikh Misals. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University.Bhagata, Siṅgha (1993).
  3. ^ Bhagata, Siṅgha (1993). A History of the Sikh Misals. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University.Bhagata, Siṅgha (1993).
  4. ^ Mughal Rule In India (1953) by R. R. Sethi and V. D. Mahajan.
  5. ^ Ganda Singh (1990). Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia. Punjabi University. pp. 1–4.