Warianaਵਰਿਆਨਾ

Where is Wariana?

Wariana 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 (West) community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030451, and it covers 684 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,106 people in Wariana: 1,616 men and 1,490 women, living in 586 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 684 hectares, the population density works out to about 454 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 922 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 350, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,193 people, about 71 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.25 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.96 per cent and women at 75.26 per cent. The census recorded 1,082 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 865 main workers, the largest group, 581, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 140 agricultural labourers and 81 cultivators on their own land. A further 217 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Wariana's land. Of the village's 684 hectares, 499 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (499 hectares). About 179 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 86 cultivators and 232 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 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Wariana is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. 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 Sangal Sohal, Mand, Basti Ibrahim Khan and Firoz.

What is the population of Wariana?

The population of Wariana was 3,106 at the 2011 census, living in 586 households in Jalandhar West tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Wariana have?

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