Agwar Lopon Kalanਅਗਵਰ ਲੋਪੋਨ ਕਲਾਂ

Where is Agwar Lopon Kalan?

Agwar Lopon Kalan is a village of Jagraon tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jagraon, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jagraon community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033886, and it covers 678 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,230 people in Agwar Lopon Kalan: 646 men and 584 women, living in 258 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 678 hectares, the population density works out to about 181 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 904 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 150, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 884 people, about 72 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.2 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.17 per cent and women at 64.66 per cent. The census recorded 334 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 329 main workers, the largest group, 226, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 76 cultivators on their own land and 24 household industry workers. A further 5 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Agwar Lopon Kalan's land. Of the village's 678 hectares, 600 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (91 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (509 hectares). About 77 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 76 cultivators and 3 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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 mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Agwar Lopon Kalan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jagraon, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Jagraon, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Agwar Lopon Khurd, Kaunke (Jagraon), Agwar Khawaja Baju and Patti Sham Singh.

What is the population of Agwar Lopon Kalan?

The population of Agwar Lopon Kalan was 1,230 at the 2011 census, living in 258 households in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Agwar Lopon Kalan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Agwar Lopon Kalan has a government primary school, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.