Mari Panwanਮਾੜੀ ਪਨਵਾਂ

Where is Mari Panwan?

Mari Panwan is a village of Batala tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sri Hargobindpur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028516, and it covers 1,083 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,388 people in Mari Panwan: 1,746 men and 1,642 women, living in 633 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 1,083 hectares, the population density works out to about 313 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 940 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 389, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 973 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.76 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.49 per cent and women at 67.74 per cent. The census recorded 1,611 workers, about 48 per cent of the village. Of the 1,250 main workers, the largest group, 559, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 270 agricultural labourers and 236 household industry workers. A further 361 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mari Panwan's land. Of the village's 1,083 hectares, 701 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (701 hectares). About 382 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 656 cultivators and 351 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. The village had its own 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mari Panwan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Khojkipur, Khokharwal, Mahesh Dogar and Gilbob.

What is the population of Mari Panwan?

The population of Mari Panwan was 3,388 at the 2011 census, living in 633 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Mari Panwan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mari Panwan 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.