Jandwala Khartaਜਂਡਵਾਲਾ ਖਰਟਾ

Where is Jandwala Kharta?

Jandwala Kharta is a village in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Fazilka, about 8 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 035123, and it covers 698 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,891 people in Jandwala Kharta: 1,024 men and 867 women, living in 321 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 698 hectares, the population density works out to about 271 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 847 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 212, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 700 people, about 37 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.07 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.03 per cent and women at 53.86 per cent. The census recorded 673 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 666 main workers, the largest group, 368, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 200 agricultural labourers and 89 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jandwala Kharta's land. Of the village's 698 hectares, 627 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (419 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (208 hectares). About 70 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 369 cultivators and 205 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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 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 sub-centre. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jandwala Kharta is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Fazilka, about 8 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 Hiranwali, Sabuana, Beganwali and Odian.

What is the population of Jandwala Kharta?

The population of Jandwala Kharta was 1,891 at the 2011 census, living in 321 households in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Jandwala Kharta have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jandwala Kharta 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.