Banwalipurਬਨਵਾਲੀਪੁਰ

Where is Banwalipur?

Banwalipur is a village of Tarn Taran tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Naushera Pannuan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037959, and it covers 269 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,866 people in Banwalipur: 942 men and 924 women, living in 320 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 269 hectares, the population density works out to about 694 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 981 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 286, about 15 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 869 people, about 47 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 57.91 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.58 per cent and women at 53.23 per cent. The census recorded 490 workers, about 26 per cent of the village. Of the 477 main workers, the largest group, 222, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 124 cultivators on their own land and 108 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 13 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Banwalipur's land. Of the village's 269 hectares, 234 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (234 hectares). About 35 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. The census recorded 126 cultivators and 224 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 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Banwalipur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Tarn Taran, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dugri, Rakh Sheron, Warana and Dhotian.

What is the population of Banwalipur?

The population of Banwalipur was 1,866 at the 2011 census, living in 320 households in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Banwalipur have?

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