Dharangwalaਧਰਂਗਵਾਲਾ

Where is Dharangwala?

Dharangwala is a village of Abohar tehsil in Fazilka district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Abohar, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Abohar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035196, and it covers 1,540 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,141 people in Dharangwala: 2,714 men and 2,427 women, living in 910 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 1,540 hectares, the population density works out to about 334 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 894 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 648, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,447 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.37 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.39 per cent and women at 57.4 per cent. The census recorded 2,245 workers, about 44 per cent of the village. Of the 1,781 main workers, the largest group, 779, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 514 other workers in trade, transport and services and 485 cultivators on their own land. A further 464 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dharangwala's land. Of the village's 1,540 hectares, 1,417 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,417 hectares). About 122 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 573 cultivators and 1,144 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 and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Dharangwala 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 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Abohar, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Patti Taja, Kundal, Gobindgarh and Bhangala.

What is the population of Dharangwala?

The population of Dharangwala was 5,141 at the 2011 census, living in 910 households in Abohar tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Dharangwala have?

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