Moranwalaਮੋਰਨਵਾਲਾ

Where is Moranwala?

Moranwala is a village of Jalalabad tehsil in Fazilka district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jalalabad, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Guru Har Sahai community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034880, and it covers 267 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 654 people in Moranwala: 359 men and 295 women, living in 138 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 267 hectares, the population density works out to about 245 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 822 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 54, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 204 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 77 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.48 per cent and women at 71.74 per cent. The census recorded 217 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 213 main workers, the largest group, 96, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 78 other workers in trade, transport and services and 39 agricultural labourers. A further 4 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Moranwala's land. Of the village's 267 hectares, 233 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (233 hectares). About 34 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 99 cultivators and 40 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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

Moranwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jalalabad, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Jalalabad, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Burwala, Tarpalke, Chak Burwala and Barhan Bahtti.

What is the population of Moranwala?

The population of Moranwala was 654 at the 2011 census, living in 138 households in Jalalabad tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Moranwala have?

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