Jandwalaਜਂਡਵਾਲਾ

Where is Jandwala?

Jandwala is a village of Guru Harsahai tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 8 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 034871, and it covers 1,121 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,646 people in Jandwala: 1,401 men and 1,245 women, living in 435 households, an average of about 6.1 people per household. Spread over its 1,121 hectares, the population density works out to about 236 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 889 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 334, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,293 people, about 49 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.33 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.24 per cent and women at 56.8 per cent. The census recorded 1,012 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 670 main workers, the largest group, 328, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 265 agricultural labourers and 74 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 342 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jandwala's land. Of the village's 1,121 hectares, 1,061 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. About 57 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 345 cultivators and 579 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jandwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Guru Harsahai, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Fatehgarh, Tallewala, Lepo and Jhariwala.

What is the population of Jandwala?

The population of Jandwala was 2,646 at the 2011 census, living in 435 households in Guru Harsahai tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Jandwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jandwala 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.