Ummarwal Billaਉੱਮਰਵਾਲ ਬਿੱਲਾ

Where is Ummarwal Billa?

Ummarwal Billa is a village of Nakodar tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Nakodar, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nakodar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029998, and it covers 733 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,422 people in Ummarwal Billa: 1,228 men and 1,194 women, living in 499 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 733 hectares, the population density works out to about 330 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 972 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 286, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 917 people, about 38 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.43 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.23 per cent and women at 68.56 per cent. The census recorded 943 workers, about 39 per cent of the village. Of the 853 main workers, the largest group, 314, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 271 other workers in trade, transport and services and 261 agricultural labourers. A further 90 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ummarwal Billa's land. Of the village's 733 hectares, 689 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (689 hectares). About 42 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 316 cultivators and 311 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a dispensary. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. 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

Ummarwal Billa is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Nakodar, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Nakodar, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mehsampur (Nakodar), Sangowal (Nakodar), Samailpur (Nakodar) and Jhungian.

What is the population of Ummarwal Billa?

The population of Ummarwal Billa was 2,422 at the 2011 census, living in 499 households in Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Ummarwal Billa have?

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