Hardowalਹਰਡੋਵਲ

Where is Hardowal?

Hardowal is a village of Dera Baba Nanak tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Ramdas, about 10 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 028957, and it covers 1,560 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,742 people in Hardowal: 2,494 men and 2,248 women, living in 824 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 1,560 hectares, the population density works out to about 304 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 901 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 622, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 779 people, about 16 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.38 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.65 per cent and women at 67.8 per cent. The census recorded 1,457 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 1,142 main workers, the largest group, 584, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 384 other workers in trade, transport and services and 160 agricultural labourers. A further 315 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Hardowal's land. Of the village's 1,560 hectares, 1,377 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (246 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (1,131 hectares). About 168 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 608 cultivators and 230 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.

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 its own 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

Hardowal is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ramdas, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Dera Baba Nanak, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Hakim Beg, Tarpala, Sharfkot and Kot Maulvi.

What is the population of Hardowal?

The population of Hardowal was 4,742 at the 2011 census, living in 824 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Hardowal have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Hardowal 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.