Thuliwalਥੂਲੀਵਾਲ

Where is Thuliwal?

Thuliwal is a village of Barnala tehsil in Barnala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Barnala, about 22 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 040020, and it covers 1,384 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,415 people in Thuliwal: 2,329 men and 2,086 women, living in 845 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,384 hectares, the population density works out to about 319 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 896 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 426, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 970 people, about 22 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.44 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.07 per cent and women at 66.51 per cent. The census recorded 1,389 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 1,344 main workers, the largest group, 698, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 379 other workers in trade, transport and services and 239 agricultural labourers. A further 45 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Thuliwal's land. Of the village's 1,384 hectares, 1,210 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (287 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (923 hectares). About 156 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 708 cultivators and 249 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 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. It also had an internet common service centre. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch and a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Thuliwal is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Barnala, about 22 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 Gumti, Manal, Gurm and Mangewal.

What is the population of Thuliwal?

The population of Thuliwal was 4,415 at the 2011 census, living in 845 households in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Thuliwal have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Thuliwal has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.