Pharwahiਫਰਵਹੀ

Where is Pharwahi?

Pharwahi 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 has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039979, and it covers 1,285 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,047 people in Pharwahi: 2,700 men and 2,347 women, living in 955 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 1,285 hectares, the population density works out to about 393 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 869 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 567, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,229 people, about 44 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.22 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.22 per cent and women at 59.67 per cent. The census recorded 1,565 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 1,438 main workers, the largest group, 528, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 497 cultivators on their own land and 399 agricultural labourers. A further 127 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pharwahi's land. Of the village's 1,285 hectares, 1,194 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (855 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (339 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 506 cultivators and 439 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, 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Pharwahi is reached by village 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 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 Rajgarh, Rasulpur, Uppali and Dhanaula Khurd.

What is the population of Pharwahi?

The population of Pharwahi was 5,047 at the 2011 census, living in 955 households in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Pharwahi have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Pharwahi 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.