Mani Singhwalaਮਨੀ ਸਿੰਘਵਾਲਾ

Where is Mani Singhwala?

Mani Singhwala is a village of Faridkot tehsil in Faridkot district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Faridkot, about 13 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Faridkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035493, and it covers 553 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,529 people in Mani Singhwala: 1,335 men and 1,194 women, living in 494 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 553 hectares, the population density works out to about 457 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 894 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 317, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,154 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 61.3 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 65.16 per cent and women at 56.96 per cent. The census recorded 1,112 workers, about 44 per cent of the village. Of the 1,075 main workers, the largest group, 462, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 435 agricultural labourers and 156 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 37 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mani Singhwala's land. Of the village's 553 hectares, 480 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (423 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (53 hectares). About 72 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 467 cultivators and 437 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 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 a PDS ration shop and 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Mani Singhwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Faridkot, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Faridkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Faridkot town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhilewala, Kingra, Dhab Sher Singhwala and Ghuduwala.

What is the population of Mani Singhwala?

The population of Mani Singhwala was 2,529 at the 2011 census, living in 494 households in Faridkot tehsil of Faridkot district.

What facilities does Mani Singhwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mani 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.