Thulewalਥੂਲੇਵਾਲ

Where is Thulewal?

Thulewal 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 14 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 039993, and it covers 404 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,702 people in Thulewal: 893 men and 809 women, living in 314 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 404 hectares, the population density works out to about 421 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 906 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 184, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 640 people, about 38 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.22 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 69.72 per cent and women at 60.25 per cent. The census recorded 603 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 513 main workers, the largest group, 274, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 141 other workers in trade, transport and services and 83 agricultural labourers. A further 90 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Thulewal's land. Of the village's 404 hectares, 355 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (155 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (200 hectares). About 31 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 280 cultivators and 123 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre, an allopathic hospital and a dispensary. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. 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

Thulewal is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Barnala, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Jhaloor, Nangal, Shekha and Karamgarh.

What is the population of Thulewal?

The population of Thulewal was 1,702 at the 2011 census, living in 314 households in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Thulewal have?

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