Kalalwalaਕਲਲਵਾਲਾ

Where is Kalalwala?

Kalalwala is a village in Talwandi Sabo tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Talwandi Sabo, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Talwandi Sabo community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035915, and it covers 998 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,548 people in Kalalwala: 1,344 men and 1,204 women, living in 481 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 998 hectares, the population density works out to about 255 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 896 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 330, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 581 people, about 23 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 51.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 58.32 per cent and women at 45.11 per cent. The census recorded 798 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 764 main workers, the largest group, 427, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 235 agricultural labourers and 85 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 34 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kalalwala's land. Of the village's 998 hectares, 899 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (899 hectares). About 99 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 4 hours a day. With 431 cultivators and 258 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 and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Kalalwala is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Talwandi Sabo, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Talwandi Sabo, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Raya, Fatah Balu, Kaureana and Golewala.

What is the population of Kalalwala?

The population of Kalalwala was 2,548 at the 2011 census, living in 481 households in Talwandi Sabo tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Kalalwala have?

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