Jandwalਜਂਡਵਾਲ

Where is Jandwal?

Jandwal is a village of Mukerian tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mukerian, about 11 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mukerian community development block and is served by the Jandwal Basti Thakar Dwara,Jandwal gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031206, and it covers 314 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,956 people in Jandwal: 997 men and 959 women, living in 386 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 314 hectares, the population density works out to about 623 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 962 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 194, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 321 people, about 16 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.85 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.7 per cent and women at 73.82 per cent. The census recorded 563 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 560 main workers, the largest group, 352, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 126 cultivators on their own land and 77 agricultural labourers. A further 3 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jandwal's land. Of the village's 314 hectares, 257 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (31 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (226 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 128 cultivators and 77 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 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

Jandwal is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Mukerian, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Mukerian, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ranga, Nathuwal, Rajpur and Alo Bhatti.

What is the population of Jandwal?

The population of Jandwal was 1,956 at the 2011 census, living in 386 households in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Jandwal have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jandwal 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.