Gowaraਗੋਵਰਾ

Where is Gowara?

Gowara is a village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 13 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Baba Nanak community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028893, and it covers 295 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,280 people in Gowara: 661 men and 619 women, living in 233 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 295 hectares, the population density works out to about 434 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 936 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 163, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 108 people, about 8 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.13 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.95 per cent and women at 69.1 per cent. The census recorded 371 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 310 main workers, the largest group, 138, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 118 other workers in trade, transport and services and 36 agricultural labourers. A further 61 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gowara's land. Of the village's 295 hectares, 260 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (260 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. With 150 cultivators and 45 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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 and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Gowara is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, 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 Nabi Nagar, Jiwan Nangal, Doburji and Ransinke Tilla.

What is the population of Gowara?

The population of Gowara was 1,280 at the 2011 census, living in 233 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Gowara have?

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