Gulabgarh Urf Naiwalaਗੁਲਾਬਗੜ੍ਹ ਉਰਫ ਨੈਵਾਲਾ

Where is Gulabgarh Urf Naiwala?

Gulabgarh Urf Naiwala is a village of Bathinda tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bathinda, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bathinda community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035795, and it covers 573 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,756 people in Gulabgarh Urf Naiwala: 951 men and 805 women, living in 342 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 573 hectares, the population density works out to about 306 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 846 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 159, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 566 people, about 32 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.7 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.57 per cent and women at 61.07 per cent. The census recorded 833 workers, about 47 per cent of the village. Of the 737 main workers, the largest group, 316, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 214 other workers in trade, transport and services and 197 agricultural labourers. A further 96 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gulabgarh Urf Naiwala's land. Of the village's 573 hectares, 440 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 (15 hectares). About 65 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 382 cultivators and 215 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 and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Gulabgarh Urf Naiwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bathinda, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Bathinda, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Phus Mandi, Tungwali, Jassi Pauwali and Chak Fateh Singhwala.

What is the population of Gulabgarh Urf Naiwala?

The population of Gulabgarh Urf Naiwala was 1,756 at the 2011 census, living in 342 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Gulabgarh Urf Naiwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Gulabgarh Urf Naiwala 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.