Sher Singhwalaਸ਼ੇਰ ਸਿੰਘਵਾਲਾ

Where is Sher Singhwala?

Sher Singhwala is a village of Faridkot tehsil in Faridkot district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Faridkot, about 12 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 035490, and it covers 1,358 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,016 people in Sher Singhwala: 1,042 men and 974 women, living in 399 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 1,358 hectares, the population density works out to about 148 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 935 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 175, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 371 people, about 18 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.57 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.61 per cent and women at 67.23 per cent. The census recorded 669 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 648 main workers, the largest group, 457, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 104 agricultural labourers and 47 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 21 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sher Singhwala's land. Of the village's 1,358 hectares, 1,266 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,138 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (128 hectares). About 80 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 462 cultivators and 108 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Sher Singhwala is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Faridkot, about 12 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 Chet Singhwala, Dhab Sher Singhwala, Sukhanwala and Bhilewala.

What is the population of Sher Singhwala?

The population of Sher Singhwala was 2,016 at the 2011 census, living in 399 households in Faridkot tehsil of Faridkot district.

What facilities does Sher Singhwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Sher Singhwala 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.