Ram Dewali Musalmanaਰਾਮ ਦੇਵਾਲੀ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨਾ

Where is Ram Dewali Musalmana?

Ram Dewali Musalmana is a village of Baba Bakala tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Tarsika community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037775, and it covers 587 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,231 people in Ram Dewali Musalmana: 1,198 men and 1,033 women, living in 365 households, an average of about 6.1 people per household. Spread over its 587 hectares, the population density works out to about 380 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 862 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 265, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 958 people, about 43 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.77 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.6 per cent and women at 67.43 per cent. The census recorded 815 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 543 main workers, the largest group, 248, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 182 agricultural labourers and 105 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 272 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ram Dewali Musalmana's land. Of the village's 587 hectares, 521 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (521 hectares). About 66 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 256 cultivators and 314 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ram Dewali Musalmana is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Batala, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Baba Bakala, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bagga (Baba Bakala), Ballowali, Uchoke Kalan and Mattewal.

What is the population of Ram Dewali Musalmana?

The population of Ram Dewali Musalmana was 2,231 at the 2011 census, living in 365 households in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Ram Dewali Musalmana have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Ram Dewali Musalmana has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.