Jhawarਝਵਰ

Where is Jhawar?

Jhawar is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Gurdaspur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028256, and it covers 316 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,189 people in Jhawar: 1,132 men and 1,057 women, living in 428 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 316 hectares, the population density works out to about 693 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 934 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 216, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 424 people, about 19 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.56 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.86 per cent and women at 76.98 per cent. The census recorded 629 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 435 main workers, the largest group, 215, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 176 cultivators on their own land and 29 household industry workers. A further 194 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jhawar's land. Of the village's 316 hectares, 206 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (180 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (26 hectares). About 50 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 186 cultivators and 43 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. 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

Jhawar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Gurdaspur, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhariwal, Babri, Mahan Dev Khurd and Jiwanwal.

What is the population of Jhawar?

The population of Jhawar was 2,189 at the 2011 census, living in 428 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Jhawar have?

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