Agwanਅਗਵਨ

Where is Agwan?

Agwan is a village of Kalanaur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kalanour community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 027979, and it covers 151 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 847 people in Agwan: 462 men and 385 women, living in 153 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 151 hectares, the population density works out to about 561 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 833 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 119, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 50 people, about 6 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.24 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.52 per cent and women at 69.97 per cent. The census recorded 210 workers, about 25 per cent of the village. Of the 195 main workers, the largest group, 100, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 58 agricultural labourers and 23 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 15 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Agwan's land. Of the village's 151 hectares, 124 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (124 hectares). About 27 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 102 cultivators and 69 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 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Agwan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Kalanaur, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Naharpur, Barila Kalan, Khadar and Balim.

What is the population of Agwan?

The population of Agwan was 847 at the 2011 census, living in 153 households in Kalanaur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Agwan have?

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