Sandhanwalਸਂਧਨਵਾਲ

Where is Sandhanwal?

Sandhanwal is a village of Shahkot tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. 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 029732, and it covers 265 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 930 people in Sandhanwal: 457 men and 473 women, living in 192 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 265 hectares, the population density works out to about 351 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1035 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 102, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 377 people, about 41 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.29 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.5 per cent and women at 66.36 per cent. The census recorded 270 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 263 main workers, the largest group, 134, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 62 cultivators on their own land and 42 agricultural labourers. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sandhanwal's land. Of the village's 265 hectares, 246 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (246 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 63 cultivators and 42 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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 a sub 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Sandhanwal 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 five to 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 Fazalwal, Langewal, Fakhruwal and Bhoyapur.

What is the population of Sandhanwal?

The population of Sandhanwal was 930 at the 2011 census, living in 192 households in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Sandhanwal have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Sandhanwal has a government primary school, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.