Wadala Kalanਵਡਾਲਾ ਕਲਾਂ

Where is Wadala Kalan?

Wadala Kalan is a village of Baba Bakala tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rayya, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rayya community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037807, and it covers 889 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,028 people in Wadala Kalan: 2,646 men and 2,382 women, living in 888 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 889 hectares, the population density works out to about 566 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 900 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 560, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,631 people, about 32 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.6 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.27 per cent and women at 69.5 per cent. The census recorded 1,513 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 1,390 main workers, the largest group, 556, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 443 agricultural labourers and 322 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 123 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Wadala Kalan's land. Of the village's 889 hectares, 771 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (320 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (451 hectares). About 118 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 576 cultivators and 467 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 secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre, an allopathic hospital, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. The village had a sub post office. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Wadala Kalan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rayya, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Jalalpur Sathiala, Daud, Dhianpur and Dhardeo.

What is the population of Wadala Kalan?

The population of Wadala Kalan was 5,028 at the 2011 census, living in 888 households in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Wadala Kalan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Wadala Kalan has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.