Dhirowalਧਿਰੋਵਲ

Where is Dhirowal?

Dhirowal is a village of Batala tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sri Hargobindpur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028538, and it covers 390 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,065 people in Dhirowal: 558 men and 507 women, living in 181 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 390 hectares, the population density works out to about 273 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 909 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 140, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 351 people, about 33 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.41 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.03 per cent and women at 65.46 per cent. The census recorded 342 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 281 main workers, the largest group, 138, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 137 other workers in trade, transport and services and 5 agricultural labourers. A further 61 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dhirowal's land. Of the village's 390 hectares, 297 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (207 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (90 hectares). About 93 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 141 cultivators and 8 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, one government secondary 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. The village had its own 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Dhirowal is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Cheema, Braham, Warsal Chak and Khudi.

What is the population of Dhirowal?

The population of Dhirowal was 1,065 at the 2011 census, living in 181 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Dhirowal have?

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