Diwanaਦਿਵਾਨਾ

Where is Diwana?

Diwana is a village in Tapa tehsil of Barnala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Barnala, about 35 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mehal Kalan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 040082, and it covers 790 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,890 people in Diwana: 1,512 men and 1,378 women, living in 562 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 790 hectares, the population density works out to about 366 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 911 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 286, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 847 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.23 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.91 per cent and women at 70.12 per cent. The census recorded 1,022 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 762 main workers, the largest group, 338, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 296 other workers in trade, transport and services and 102 agricultural labourers. A further 260 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Diwana's land. Of the village's 790 hectares, 712 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (425 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (287 hectares). About 78 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 360 cultivators and 211 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, 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Diwana is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Barnala, about 35 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 Naraingarh Sohian, Chhiniwal Khurd, Gehal and Sadowal.

What is the population of Diwana?

The population of Diwana was 2,890 at the 2011 census, living in 562 households in Tapa tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Diwana have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Diwana 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.