Jandwala Mira Sanglaਜਂਡਵਾਲਾ ਮਿਰਾ ਸਂਗਲਾ

Where is Jandwala Mira Sangla?

Jandwala Mira Sangla is a village of Fazilka tehsil in Fazilka district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Abohar, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Khuian Sarwar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035146, and it covers 1,611 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,773 people in Jandwala Mira Sangla: 1,990 men and 1,783 women, living in 783 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 1,611 hectares, the population density works out to about 234 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 896 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 382, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,424 people, about 38 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.9 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.8 per cent and women at 66.13 per cent. The census recorded 2,029 workers, about 54 per cent of the village. Of the 1,596 main workers, the largest group, 791, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 460 agricultural labourers and 326 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 433 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jandwala Mira Sangla's land. Of the village's 1,611 hectares, 1,406 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,378 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (28 hectares). About 202 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 969 cultivators and 644 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, 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. 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 commercial bank branch, a cooperative bank branch and an ATM. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jandwala Mira Sangla is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Abohar, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Fazilka, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Rupnagar and Bakainwala.

What is the population of Jandwala Mira Sangla?

The population of Jandwala Mira Sangla was 3,773 at the 2011 census, living in 783 households in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Jandwala Mira Sangla have?

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