Dhanaula Ruralਧਨੌਲਾ ਰੂਰਲ

Where is Dhanaula Rural?

Dhanaula Rural is a village in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Barnala, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Barnala community development block and is served by the Dhanaula gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039967, and it covers 5,310 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,593 people in Dhanaula Rural: 3,049 men and 2,544 women, living in 1,042 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 5,310 hectares, the population density works out to about 105 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 834 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 558, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 989 people, about 18 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.6 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.52 per cent and women at 57.94 per cent. The census recorded 2,344 workers, about 42 per cent of the village. Of the 2,299 main workers, the largest group, 1,109, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 1,074 other workers in trade, transport and services and 91 agricultural labourers. A further 45 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dhanaula Rural's land. Of the village's 5,310 hectares, 4,783 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,699 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (3,084 hectares). About 7 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 1,113 cultivators and 93 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop. 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

Dhanaula Rural is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Barnala, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Barnala, the tehsil headquarters, and Barnala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kaleke, Kuba, Aspal Khurd and Attargarh.

What is the population of Dhanaula Rural?

The population of Dhanaula Rural was 5,593 at the 2011 census, living in 1,042 households in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Dhanaula Rural have?

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