Dhaliwal Betਧਾਲੀਵਾਲ ਬੇਟ

Where is Dhaliwal Bet?

Dhaliwal Bet is a village in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dhilwan, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhilwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029147, and it covers 1,156 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,370 people in Dhaliwal Bet: 1,732 men and 1,638 women, living in 747 households, an average of about 4.5 people per household. Spread over its 1,156 hectares, the population density works out to about 292 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 946 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 312, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,182 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.54 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.86 per cent and women at 71.12 per cent. The census recorded 1,246 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 1,024 main workers, the largest group, 426, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 424 other workers in trade, transport and services and 168 agricultural labourers. A further 222 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dhaliwal Bet's land. Of the village's 1,156 hectares, 1,109 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (1,109 hectares). About 47 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 458 cultivators and 229 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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 dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. Banking was available in the village itself, with a cooperative bank branch and an ATM. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Dhaliwal Bet is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dhilwan, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bijli Nangal, Mand Rampur, Nurpur Lubhana and Mand Dhaliwal.

What is the population of Dhaliwal Bet?

The population of Dhaliwal Bet was 3,370 at the 2011 census, living in 747 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Dhaliwal Bet have?

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