Jamaliwalaਜਮਲੀਵਾਲਾ

Where is Jamaliwala?

Jamaliwala is a village in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Makhu, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Makhu community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034263, and it covers 124 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 209 people in Jamaliwala: 103 men and 106 women, living in 37 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 124 hectares, the population density works out to about 168 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1029 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 35, about 17 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 62 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.11 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.01 per cent and women at 63.22 per cent. The census recorded 70 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 53 main workers, the largest group, 46, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 4 other workers in trade, transport and services and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 17 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jamaliwala's land. Of the village's 124 hectares, 121 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (121 hectares). About 3 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 48 cultivators and 17 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres.

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

Jamaliwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Makhu, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Zira, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mannu Machhi Chak, Gatta Dalel, Tibbi Ranga and Mannu Machhi.

What is the population of Jamaliwala?

The population of Jamaliwala was 209 at the 2011 census, living in 37 households in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Jamaliwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jamaliwala has . It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.