Khasanwalaਖਸਨਵਾਲਾ

Where is Khasanwala?

Khasanwala is a village of Dera Baba Nanak tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 2 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 028970, and it covers 111 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,303 people in Khasanwala: 667 men and 636 women, living in 276 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 111 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,174 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 954 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 153, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 14 people, about 1 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.35 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.5 per cent and women at 61.88 per cent. The census recorded 429 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 387 main workers, the largest group, 260, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 64 other workers in trade, transport and services and 52 cultivators on their own land. A further 42 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khasanwala's land. Of the village's 111 hectares, 91 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (91 hectares). About 18 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 53 cultivators and 268 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Khasanwala 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 2 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 Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanak, Jaurian Khurd, Veroke and Palla Nangal.

What is the population of Khasanwala?

The population of Khasanwala was 1,303 at the 2011 census, living in 276 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Khasanwala have?

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