Dhawakhan Nishanਧਵਖਨ ਨਿਸ਼ਨ

Where is Dhawakhan Nishan?

Dhawakhan Nishan is a village in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kapurthala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029241, and it covers 80 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 234 people in Dhawakhan Nishan: 118 men and 116 women, living in 45 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 80 hectares, the population density works out to about 292 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 983 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 23, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 5 people, about 2 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.93 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.98 per cent and women at 69.61 per cent. The census recorded 87 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 87 main workers, the largest group, 55, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 16 agricultural labourers and 16 other workers in trade, transport and services.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dhawakhan Nishan's land. Of the village's 80 hectares, 69 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (69 hectares). About 11 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 55 cultivators and 16 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Dhawakhan Nishan is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Kapurthala, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Wadala Kalan, Dhawankhan Jagir, Wadala Khurd and Dhaliwal Dona.

What is the population of Dhawakhan Nishan?

The population of Dhawakhan Nishan was 234 at the 2011 census, living in 45 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Dhawakhan Nishan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Dhawakhan Nishan has government schools from primary to middle school level.