Azamwalaਅਜ਼ਮਵਾਲਾ

Where is Azamwala?

Azamwala is a village of Fazilka tehsil in Fazilka district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Abohar, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Khuian Sarwar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035138, and it covers 1,666 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,153 people in Azamwala: 2,718 men and 2,435 women, living in 967 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 1,666 hectares, the population density works out to about 309 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 896 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 699, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,513 people, about 49 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.09 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 65.57 per cent and women at 51.96 per cent. The census recorded 2,188 workers, about 42 per cent of the village. Of the 2,029 main workers, the largest group, 1,058, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 627 cultivators on their own land and 333 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 159 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Azamwala's land. Of the village's 1,666 hectares, 1,526 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,506 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (20 hectares). About 137 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 4 hours a day. The census recorded 719 cultivators and 1,112 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, 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Azamwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Abohar, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Fazilka, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ramkot, Khippanwali, Kabulshah Khuban and Ghallu.

What is the population of Azamwala?

The population of Azamwala was 5,153 at the 2011 census, living in 967 households in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Azamwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Azamwala has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.