Wadalaਵਡਲਾ

Where is Wadala?

Wadala is a village of Jalandhar West tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jalandhar, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalandhar (East) community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030424, and it covers 418 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,933 people in Wadala: 2,013 men and 1,920 women, living in 787 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 418 hectares, the population density works out to about 941 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 954 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 399, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,526 people, about 64 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.56 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.58 per cent and women at 79.38 per cent. The census recorded 1,479 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 1,382 main workers, the largest group, 1,105, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 189 agricultural labourers and 56 cultivators on their own land. A further 97 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Wadala's land. Of the village's 418 hectares, 341 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (341 hectares). About 50 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 62 cultivators and 195 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a cooperative bank branch and an ATM. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Wadala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Jalandhar, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Jalandhar West, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Trar, Dhaliwal (Jalandhar II), Malko and Gaddowali.

What is the population of Wadala?

The population of Wadala was 3,933 at the 2011 census, living in 787 households in Jalandhar West tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Wadala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Wadala has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.