Aujlaਔਜਲਾ

Where is Aujla?

Aujla 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 10 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 028006, and it covers 58 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 361 people in Aujla: 188 men and 173 women, living in 69 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 58 hectares, the population density works out to about 622 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 920 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 44, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 60 people, about 17 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.71 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.92 per cent and women at 72.19 per cent. The census recorded 143 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 114 main workers, the largest group, 58, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 51 cultivators on their own land and 4 agricultural labourers. A further 29 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Aujla's land. Of the village's 58 hectares, 51 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (15 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (24 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 53 cultivators and 6 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.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. 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

Aujla is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 10 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 Masat Kot, Bhadwan, Khushipur and Wadala Bangar.

What is the population of Aujla?

The population of Aujla was 361 at the 2011 census, living in 69 households in Kalanaur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Aujla have?

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