Jhumianwaliਝੁਮਿਆਂਵਾਲੀ

Where is Jhumianwali?

Jhumianwali 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 Abohar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035074, and it covers 1,696 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,951 people in Jhumianwali: 2,620 men and 2,331 women, living in 824 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 1,696 hectares, the population density works out to about 292 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 890 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 645, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,567 people, about 32 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.95 per cent and women at 53.71 per cent. The census recorded 1,967 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 1,697 main workers, the largest group, 817, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 531 cultivators on their own land and 322 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 270 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jhumianwali's land. Of the village's 1,696 hectares, 1,582 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,582 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 536 cultivators and 998 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.

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. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jhumianwali is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Abohar, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Koharianwali, Mamu Khera, Burj Hanumangarh and Kandhwala Hazar Khan.

What is the population of Jhumianwali?

The population of Jhumianwali was 4,951 at the 2011 census, living in 824 households in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Jhumianwali have?

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