Mulewal Khairaਮੁਲੇਵਾਲ ਖੈਰਾ

Where is Mulewal Khaira?

Mulewal Khaira is a village in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Shahkot, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Shahkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029834, and it covers 193 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 640 people in Mulewal Khaira: 302 men and 338 women, living in 125 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 193 hectares, the population density works out to about 332 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1119 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 48, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 104 people, about 16 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.79 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.71 per cent and women at 68.27 per cent. The census recorded 232 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 221 main workers, the largest group, 114, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 71 cultivators on their own land and 35 agricultural labourers. A further 11 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mulewal Khaira's land. Of the village's 193 hectares, 173 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (173 hectares). About 19 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 72 cultivators and 38 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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 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

Mulewal Khaira is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Shahkot, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Shahkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Khanpur Rajputan, Mulewal Brahmana, Malsian and Mirpur Saidan.

What is the population of Mulewal Khaira?

The population of Mulewal Khaira was 640 at the 2011 census, living in 125 households in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Mulewal Khaira have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mulewal Khaira 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.