Dhanaula Khurdਧਨੌਲਾ ਖੁਰਦ

Where is Dhanaula Khurd?

Dhanaula Khurd is a village of Barnala tehsil in Barnala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Handiaya, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Barnala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039981, and it covers 660 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,406 people in Dhanaula Khurd: 2,939 men and 2,467 women, living in 1,028 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 660 hectares, the population density works out to about 819 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 839 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 555, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,382 people, about 26 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.3 per cent and women at 63.93 per cent. The census recorded 1,943 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 1,633 main workers, the largest group, 813, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 671 other workers in trade, transport and services and 132 agricultural labourers. A further 310 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dhanaula Khurd's land. Of the village's 660 hectares, 609 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (270 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (339 hectares). About 36 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 826 cultivators and 161 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 2 government middle schools, 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had its own post office. It also had 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Dhanaula Khurd is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Handiaya, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Barnala, the tehsil headquarters, and Barnala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Rasulpur, Bhaini Jassa, Pharwahi and Fatehgarh Chhanna.

What is the population of Dhanaula Khurd?

The population of Dhanaula Khurd was 5,406 at the 2011 census, living in 1,028 households in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Dhanaula Khurd have?

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