Aulakhਔਲਖ

Where is Aulakh?

Aulakh is a village of Batala tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Qadian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028525, and it covers 1,329 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,717 people in Aulakh: 2,489 men and 2,228 women, living in 866 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 1,329 hectares, the population density works out to about 355 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 895 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 588, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,419 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.85 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.29 per cent and women at 64.95 per cent. The census recorded 1,666 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 1,130 main workers, the largest group, 684, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 206 agricultural labourers and 195 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 536 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Aulakh's land. Of the village's 1,329 hectares, 870 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (221 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. With 721 cultivators and 557 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. 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. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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

Aulakh is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Moor, Harchowal, Taharpur and Basrai.

What is the population of Aulakh?

The population of Aulakh was 4,717 at the 2011 census, living in 866 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Aulakh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Aulakh has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.