| Kajla | |
| Native Name Lang: | pan |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
| Coordinates: | 31.2027°N 75.9997°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar |
| Government Type: | Panchayat raj |
| Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 251 |
| Population Total: | 1033[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Note: | Sex ratio 507/526 ♂/♀ |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 144505 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 01884 |
| Iso Code: | IN-PB |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Post office |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Banga[2] |
Kajla is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away from the postal head office in Banga, from Nawanshahr, from district headquarters Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]
As of 2011, Kajla has a total number of 224 houses and a population of 1033 of which 507 are males while 526 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Kajla is 81.90%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 105 which is 10.16% of the total population of Kajla, and the child sex ratio is approximately 875 as compared to the Punjab state average of 846.[4]
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 58.28% of the total population in Kajla. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 275 people were engaged in work activities of the total population of Kajla which includes 252 males and 23 females. According to a census survey report in 2011, 98.18% of workers describe their work as main work and 1.82% of workers are involved in Marginal activity providing a livelihood for less than 6 months.[5]
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school founded in 1953.[6] [7] The school provide mid-day meal as per the Indian Midday Meal Scheme.[8] As per the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act the school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14.
Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur and Sikh National College Banga are the nearest colleges. Lovely Professional University is away from the village.
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Banga railway station is the nearest train station however, Garhshankar Junction railway station is away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which is located away 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 away in Amritsar.[9]