Teona Pujarianਤਿਓਣਾ ਪੁਜਾਰੀਆਂ

Where is Teona Pujarian?

Teona Pujarian 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 3 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 035905, and it covers 1,177 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,209 people in Teona Pujarian: 1,160 men and 1,049 women, living in 451 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 1,177 hectares, the population density works out to about 188 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 904 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 203, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 573 people, about 26 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.3 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.96 per cent and women at 58.93 per cent. The census recorded 707 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 662 main workers, the largest group, 274, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 211 agricultural labourers and 170 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 45 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Teona Pujarian's land. Of the village's 1,177 hectares, 953 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (953 hectares). About 86 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 282 cultivators and 230 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, 3 government middle schools, 2 government secondary schools 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Teona Pujarian is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Talwandi Sabo, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Sangat Khurd, Behman Jassa Singh, Gurusar Joga and Behman Koer Singh.

What is the population of Teona Pujarian?

The population of Teona Pujarian was 2,209 at the 2011 census, living in 451 households in Talwandi Sabo tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Teona Pujarian have?

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