Dhaulaਧੌਲਾ

Where is Dhaula?

Dhaula is a village of Tapa tehsil in Barnala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Barnala, about 13 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 040047, and it covers 3,152 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 10,819 people in Dhaula: 5,772 men and 5,047 women, living in 2,008 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 3,152 hectares, the population density works out to about 343 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 874 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 1,144, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 3,568 people, about 33 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 61.21 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 63.98 per cent and women at 58.03 per cent. The census recorded 4,231 workers, about 39 per cent of the village. Of the 4,118 main workers, the largest group, 2,030, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 1,338 cultivators on their own land and 691 agricultural labourers. A further 113 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dhaula's land. Of the village's 3,152 hectares, 2,789 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,855 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (934 hectares). About 307 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 1,349 cultivators and 713 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 2 government primary schools, 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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

Dhaula 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 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Tapa, the tehsil headquarters, and Barnala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kahneke, Mehta, Bhaini Fatta and Ghunas.

What is the population of Dhaula?

The population of Dhaula was 10,819 at the 2011 census, living in 2,008 households in Tapa tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Dhaula have?

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