Mainwalਮੈਨਵਾਲ

Where is Mainwal?

Mainwal is a village of Phillaur tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Phillaur, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nurmahal community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030031, and it covers 688 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,963 people in Mainwal: 981 men and 982 women, living in 412 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 688 hectares, the population density works out to about 285 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1001 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 200, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,248 people, about 64 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.67 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.68 per cent and women at 73.73 per cent. The census recorded 611 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 519 main workers, the largest group, 332, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 136 cultivators on their own land and 43 agricultural labourers. A further 92 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mainwal's land. Of the village's 688 hectares, 536 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (536 hectares). About 124 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 136 cultivators and 62 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Mainwal is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Phillaur, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Phillaur, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mau, Ramgarh, Thammanwal and Panj Dhera.

What is the population of Mainwal?

The population of Mainwal was 1,963 at the 2011 census, living in 412 households in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Mainwal have?

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