Bandalaਬਂਡਲਾ

Where is Bandala?

Bandala is a village of Firozpur tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mallanwala Khass, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Firozpur community development block and is served by the Badala gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034546, and it covers 1,134 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,605 people in Bandala: 829 men and 776 women, living in 268 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 1,134 hectares, the population density works out to about 142 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 936 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 230, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 69 people, about 4 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 47.13 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 52.05 per cent and women at 41.89 per cent. The census recorded 530 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 513 main workers, the largest group, 449, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 38 other workers in trade, transport and services and 25 agricultural labourers. A further 17 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bandala's land. Of the village's 1,134 hectares, 1,091 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (1,091 hectares). About 43 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 462 cultivators and 29 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Bandala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Mallanwala Khass, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Firozpur, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kale Ke Hithar, Tali Gulam, Qutabdinwala and Nihala Lawera.

What is the population of Bandala?

The population of Bandala was 1,605 at the 2011 census, living in 268 households in Firozpur tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Bandala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bandala has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.