Agwar Rahlanਅਗਵਰ ਰਹਲਨ

Where is Agwar Rahlan?

Agwar Rahlan is a village of Jagraon tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jagraon, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jagraon community development block and is served by the Kothe Rahlan gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033776, and it covers 444 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,343 people in Agwar Rahlan: 728 men and 615 women, living in 275 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 444 hectares, the population density works out to about 302 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 845 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 133, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 363 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.1 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.13 per cent and women at 72.34 per cent. The census recorded 434 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 423 main workers, the largest group, 164, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 143 other workers in trade, transport and services and 106 agricultural labourers. A further 11 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Agwar Rahlan's land. Of the village's 444 hectares, 404 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (150 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (254 hectares). About 40 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 169 cultivators and 107 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Agwar Rahlan is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Jagraon, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Jagraon, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bir Akhara, Agwar Pona, Agwar Ladhai and Bardeke.

What is the population of Agwar Rahlan?

The population of Agwar Rahlan was 1,343 at the 2011 census, living in 275 households in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Agwar Rahlan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Agwar Rahlan has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.