Bathanwalaਬਥਨਵਾਲਾ

Where is Bathanwala?

Bathanwala is a village of Dinanagar tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dinanagar, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dinanagar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 027846, and it covers 133 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 869 people in Bathanwala: 440 men and 429 women, living in 185 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 133 hectares, the population density works out to about 653 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 975 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 81, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 408 people, about 47 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.81 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.17 per cent and women at 72.54 per cent. The census recorded 274 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 184 main workers, the largest group, 128, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 45 cultivators on their own land and 8 agricultural labourers. A further 90 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bathanwala's land. Of the village's 133 hectares, 117 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (86 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (31 hectares). About 16 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 51 cultivators and 14 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 2 government middle schools, 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

Bathanwala is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Dinanagar, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dinanagar, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Isapur, Taruwal, Raipur and Ismailpur.

What is the population of Bathanwala?

The population of Bathanwala was 869 at the 2011 census, living in 185 households in Dinanagar tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Bathanwala have?

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