Gondaraਗੋਂਡਰਾ

Where is Gondara?

Gondara is a village of Jaito tehsil in Faridkot district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jaito, about 12 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 035595, and it covers 735 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,492 people in Gondara: 1,296 men and 1,196 women, living in 472 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 735 hectares, the population density works out to about 339 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 923 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 278, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 995 people, about 40 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.29 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 65.65 per cent and women at 58.65 per cent. The census recorded 824 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 785 main workers, the largest group, 375, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 342 cultivators on their own land and 66 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 39 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gondara's land. Of the village's 735 hectares, 646 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (635 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (11 hectares). About 89 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 353 cultivators and 398 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Gondara is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jaito, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Burj Jawahar Singhwala, Jhakharwala, Bargari and Ran Singhwala.

What is the population of Gondara?

The population of Gondara was 2,492 at the 2011 census, living in 472 households in Jaito tehsil of Faridkot district.

What facilities does Gondara have?

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