Wadala Kalanਵਡਲਾ ਕਲਾਂ

Where is Wadala Kalan?

Wadala Kalan is a village of Kapurthala tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 7 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 029240, and it covers 311 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,639 people in Wadala Kalan: 822 men and 817 women, living in 352 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 311 hectares, the population density works out to about 527 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 994 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 140, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 613 people, about 37 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.05 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.01 per cent and women at 75.13 per cent. The census recorded 624 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 449 main workers, the largest group, 306, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 123 cultivators on their own land and 14 household industry workers. A further 175 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Wadala Kalan's land. Of the village's 311 hectares, 284 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (284 hectares). About 27 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 132 cultivators and 9 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.

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 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Wadala Kalan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Kapurthala, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Wadala Khurd, Dhawakhan Nishan, Kot Karar Khan and Dhawankhan Jagir.

What is the population of Wadala Kalan?

The population of Wadala Kalan was 1,639 at the 2011 census, living in 352 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Wadala Kalan have?

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