Jassi Bagwaliਜੱਸੀ ਬਗਵਾਲੀ

Where is Jassi Bagwali?

Jassi Bagwali is a village of Bathinda tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sangat, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sangat community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035828, and it covers 1,798 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,622 people in Jassi Bagwali: 1,888 men and 1,734 women, living in 703 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,798 hectares, the population density works out to about 201 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 918 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 390, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,136 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.58 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.12 per cent and women at 53.48 per cent. The census recorded 1,713 workers, about 47 per cent of the village. Of the 1,070 main workers, the largest group, 675, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 202 other workers in trade, transport and services and 166 agricultural labourers. A further 643 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jassi Bagwali's land. Of the village's 1,798 hectares, 1,100 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,100 hectares). About 193 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 699 cultivators and 583 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. 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

Jassi Bagwali is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sangat, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Bathinda, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Muhalan, Kishanpura Urf Kutti, Dhunike and Chak Ruldu Singhwala.

What is the population of Jassi Bagwali?

The population of Jassi Bagwali was 3,622 at the 2011 census, living in 703 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Jassi Bagwali have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jassi Bagwali 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.