Dhanaulaਧਨੌਲਾ

Where is Dhanaula?

Dhanaula is a village of Khamanon tehsil in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Khamanon, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Khamanon community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032973, and it covers 226 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,151 people in Dhanaula: 615 men and 536 women, living in 192 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 226 hectares, the population density works out to about 509 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 872 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 99, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 419 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.61 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.46 per cent and women at 74.35 per cent. The census recorded 423 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 257 main workers, the largest group, 124, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 100 other workers in trade, transport and services and 24 agricultural labourers. A further 166 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dhanaula's land. Of the village's 226 hectares, 198 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (198 hectares). About 28 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 142 cultivators and 86 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Dhanaula is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Khamanon, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Khamanon, the tehsil headquarters, and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Maneli, Shamshpur Singha, Rattangarh and Raipur Raian.

What is the population of Dhanaula?

The population of Dhanaula was 1,151 at the 2011 census, living in 192 households in Khamanon tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Dhanaula have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Dhanaula has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.