Awanlakha Singhਅਵਂਲਖਾ ਸਿੰਘ

Where is Awanlakha Singh?

Awanlakha Singh is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 20 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chogawan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037219, and it covers 233 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 853 people in Awanlakha Singh: 446 men and 407 women, living in 162 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 233 hectares, the population density works out to about 366 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 913 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 123, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 119 people, about 14 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.58 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.57 per cent and women at 45.28 per cent. The census recorded 432 workers, about 51 per cent of the village. Of the 312 main workers, the largest group, 155, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 119 agricultural labourers and 36 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 120 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Awanlakha Singh's land. Of the village's 233 hectares, 208 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (19 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (189 hectares). About 22 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 177 cultivators and 175 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Awanlakha Singh is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 20 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Lopoke, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mujaffarpura, Chuchakwal and Khushupura.

What is the population of Awanlakha Singh?

The population of Awanlakha Singh was 853 at the 2011 census, living in 162 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Awanlakha Singh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Awanlakha Singh has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.