Dargawalਦਰਗਵਲ

Where is Dargawal?

Dargawal is a village of Dera Baba Nanak tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 13 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Baba Nanak community development block and is served by the Dargabad gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028875, and it covers 160 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,511 people in Dargawal: 762 men and 749 women, living in 286 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 160 hectares, the population density works out to about 944 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 983 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 201, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 23 people, about 2 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.58 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.12 per cent and women at 69.22 per cent. The census recorded 434 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 423 main workers, the largest group, 281, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 111 cultivators on their own land and 27 agricultural labourers. A further 11 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dargawal's land. Of the village's 160 hectares, 142 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (142 hectares). About 18 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. With 112 cultivators and 31 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 its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Dargawal is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Batala, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dera Baba Nanak, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Malakpur, Bhagwanpur (Dera Baba Nanak), Dulowal and Dhesian.

What is the population of Dargawal?

The population of Dargawal was 1,511 at the 2011 census, living in 286 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Dargawal have?

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