Bhalowaliਭਲੋਵਾਲੀ

Where is Bhalowali?

Bhalowali is a village of Fatehgarh Churian tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Fatehgarh Churian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028813, and it covers 191 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,106 people in Bhalowali: 573 men and 533 women, living in 205 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 191 hectares, the population density works out to about 579 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 930 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 152, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 508 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.14 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.01 per cent and women at 59.87 per cent. The census recorded 372 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 367 main workers, the largest group, 156, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 106 other workers in trade, transport and services and 103 cultivators on their own land. A further 5 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhalowali's land. Of the village's 191 hectares, 164 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (45 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (53 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. The census recorded 103 cultivators and 159 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. The village had a sub post office. 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

Bhalowali is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Fatehgarh Churian, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Seikhwan, Mansandwal and Qila Desa Singh.

What is the population of Bhalowali?

The population of Bhalowali was 1,106 at the 2011 census, living in 205 households in Fatehgarh Churian tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Bhalowali have?

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