Sardulewalaਸਰਡੁਲੇਵਾਲਾ

Where is Sardulewala?

Sardulewala is a village in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Sardulgarh, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sardulgarh community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035946, and it covers 762 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,676 people in Sardulewala: 1,391 men and 1,285 women, living in 505 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 762 hectares, the population density works out to about 351 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 924 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 327, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 884 people, about 33 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.41 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 61.82 per cent and women at 50.53 per cent. The census recorded 923 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 866 main workers, the largest group, 402, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 268 agricultural labourers and 157 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 57 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sardulewala's land. Of the village's 762 hectares, 700 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 574 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (365 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (209 hectares). About 62 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 410 cultivators and 287 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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. 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 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Sardulewala is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sardulgarh, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Sardulgarh, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Tibi Hari Singh, Kahnewala, Mirpur Khurd and Bhunder.

What is the population of Sardulewala?

The population of Sardulewala was 2,676 at the 2011 census, living in 505 households in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Sardulewala have?

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