Jassi Pauwaliਜੱਸੀ ਪੌਵਾਲੀ

Where is Jassi Pauwali?

Jassi Pauwali is a village in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bathinda, about 1 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 035793, and it covers 1,028 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,863 people in Jassi Pauwali: 1,492 men and 1,371 women, living in 554 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,028 hectares, the population density works out to about 279 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 919 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 335, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 899 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 61.16 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.32 per cent and women at 54.36 per cent. The census recorded 1,383 workers, about 48 per cent of the village. Of the 1,188 main workers, the largest group, 593, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 351 cultivators on their own land and 225 agricultural labourers. A further 195 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jassi Pauwali's land. Of the village's 1,028 hectares, 563 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (510 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (53 hectares). About 102 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 370 cultivators and 319 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 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Jassi Pauwali is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bathinda, about 1 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Bathinda, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jodhpur Romana, Phus Mandi, Gurusar Sainewala and Gulabgarh Urf Naiwala.

What is the population of Jassi Pauwali?

The population of Jassi Pauwali was 2,863 at the 2011 census, living in 554 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Jassi Pauwali have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jassi Pauwali 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.