Jonewalਜੋਨੇਵਲ

Where is Jonewal?

Jonewal is a village of Ludhiana East tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Machhiwara, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ludhiana-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033395, and it covers 202 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 848 people in Jonewal: 430 men and 418 women, living in 153 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 202 hectares, the population density works out to about 420 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 972 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 91, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 487 people, about 57 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.07 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.65 per cent and women at 66.31 per cent. The census recorded 332 workers, about 39 per cent of the village. Of the 326 main workers, the largest group, 187, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 75 agricultural labourers and 60 cultivators on their own land. A further 6 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jonewal's land. Of the village's 202 hectares, 182 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (182 hectares). About 20 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 60 cultivators and 77 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jonewal is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Machhiwara, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Ludhiana East, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kalis Khurd, Satiana, Bhupana and Hadiwal.

What is the population of Jonewal?

The population of Jonewal was 848 at the 2011 census, living in 153 households in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Jonewal have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jonewal has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.