Aullakਔਲਖ

Where is Aullak?

Aullak is a village of Sardulgarh tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sardulgarh, about 18 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jhunir community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035931, and it covers 572 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,502 people in Aullak: 827 men and 675 women, living in 293 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 572 hectares, the population density works out to about 263 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 816 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 154, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 391 people, about 26 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.56 per cent and women at 52.89 per cent. The census recorded 645 workers, about 43 per cent of the village. Of the 542 main workers, the largest group, 350, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 113 agricultural labourers and 74 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 103 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Aullak's land. Of the village's 572 hectares, 527 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 516 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (501 hectares). About 45 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 368 cultivators and 179 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. 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. 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 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Aullak is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sardulgarh, about 18 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Sardulgarh, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chuhrian, Burj Bhalai, Kusla and Bhalaike.

What is the population of Aullak?

The population of Aullak was 1,502 at the 2011 census, living in 293 households in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Aullak have?

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