Dal Singhwalaਦਲ ਸਿੰਘਵਾਲਾ

Where is Dal Singhwala?

Dal Singhwala is a village of Jaito tehsil in Faridkot district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jaito, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kot Kapura community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035621, and it covers 688 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,287 people in Dal Singhwala: 1,203 men and 1,084 women, living in 417 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 688 hectares, the population density works out to about 332 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 901 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 243, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 743 people, about 32 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.14 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.12 per cent and women at 60.6 per cent. The census recorded 791 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 768 main workers, the largest group, 401, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 203 agricultural labourers and 161 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 23 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dal Singhwala's land. Of the village's 688 hectares, 630 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (600 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (30 hectares). About 58 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 406 cultivators and 206 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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

Dal Singhwala is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jaito, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Jaito, the tehsil headquarters, and Faridkot town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jaitu Rural, Sedha Singhwala, Fatehgarh and Lambwali.

What is the population of Dal Singhwala?

The population of Dal Singhwala was 2,287 at the 2011 census, living in 417 households in Jaito tehsil of Faridkot district.

What facilities does Dal Singhwala have?

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