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Where is Tawandi Lal Singh?

Tawandi Lal Singh is a village of Batala tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Batala community development block and is served by the Talwandi Lal Singh gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028735, and it covers 447 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,786 people in Tawandi Lal Singh: 1,466 men and 1,320 women, living in 553 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 447 hectares, the population density works out to about 623 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 900 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 330, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,232 people, about 44 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.48 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.38 per cent and women at 66.18 per cent. The census recorded 976 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 890 main workers, the largest group, 528, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 157 cultivators on their own land and 125 agricultural labourers. A further 86 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Tawandi Lal Singh's land. Of the village's 447 hectares, 424 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (187 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (204 hectares). About 23 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 161 cultivators and 139 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Tawandi Lal Singh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Batala, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Mulianwali, Rikhia, Suniyah and Dhaulpur.

What is the population of Tawandi Lal Singh?

The population of Tawandi Lal Singh was 2,786 at the 2011 census, living in 553 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Tawandi Lal Singh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Tawandi Lal Singh 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.