Sadowalਸਾਦੋਵਾਲ

Where is Sadowal?

Sadowal 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 29 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 040084, and it covers 403 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,287 people in Sadowal: 695 men and 592 women, living in 231 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 403 hectares, the population density works out to about 319 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 852 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 104, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 562 people, about 44 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.22 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.8 per cent and women at 62.89 per cent. The census recorded 472 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 253 main workers, the largest group, 171, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 56 other workers in trade, transport and services and 18 agricultural labourers. A further 219 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sadowal's land. Of the village's 403 hectares, 378 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (40 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (338 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 188 cultivators and 166 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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. It also had a PDS ration shop. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Sadowal 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 29 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 Chhiniwal Khurd, Gagewal, Diwana and Patti Bir Singh.

What is the population of Sadowal?

The population of Sadowal was 1,287 at the 2011 census, living in 231 households in Tapa tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Sadowal have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Sadowal has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.