Rajiwalaਰਜੀਵਾਲਾ

Where is Rajiwala?

Rajiwala is a village of Firozpur tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Firozpur, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Firozpur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034589, and it covers 260 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 894 people in Rajiwala: 473 men and 421 women, living in 185 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 260 hectares, the population density works out to about 344 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 890 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 132, about 15 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 746 people, about 83 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 55.64 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.16 per cent and women at 48.17 per cent. The census recorded 481 workers, about 54 per cent of the village. Of the 303 main workers, the largest group, 142, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 126 other workers in trade, transport and services and 34 cultivators on their own land. A further 178 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rajiwala's land. Of the village's 260 hectares, 241 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (241 hectares). About 19 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 36 cultivators and 315 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Rajiwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Firozpur, about 8 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 Bhadru, Shahdinwala, Asman Randhawa and Asal.

What is the population of Rajiwala?

The population of Rajiwala was 894 at the 2011 census, living in 185 households in Firozpur tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Rajiwala have?

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