Jandwala Bhimeshahਜਂਡਵਾਲਾ ਭਿਮੇਸ਼ਹ

Where is Jandwala Bhimeshah?

Jandwala Bhimeshah is a village in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Muktsar, about 25 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Fazilka community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035020, and it covers 1,410 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,275 people in Jandwala Bhimeshah: 1,712 men and 1,563 women, living in 675 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 1,410 hectares, the population density works out to about 232 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 913 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 362, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,279 people, about 39 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.17 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.71 per cent and women at 62.16 per cent. The census recorded 1,298 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 1,152 main workers, the largest group, 565, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 353 cultivators on their own land and 233 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 146 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jandwala Bhimeshah's land. Of the village's 1,410 hectares, 1,327 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,327 hectares). About 79 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. The census recorded 414 cultivators and 641 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre and a veterinary hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Jandwala Bhimeshah is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Muktsar, about 25 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Naukerian, Pakan, Roranwala and Bananwala.

What is the population of Jandwala Bhimeshah?

The population of Jandwala Bhimeshah was 3,275 at the 2011 census, living in 675 households in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Jandwala Bhimeshah have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jandwala Bhimeshah 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.