Gajanwalaਗਜਨਵਾਲਾ

Where is Gajanwala?

Gajanwala is a village of Bagha Purana tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bagha Purana, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Moga-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033984, and it covers 401 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,448 people in Gajanwala: 789 men and 659 women, living in 266 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 401 hectares, the population density works out to about 361 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 835 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 162, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 806 people, about 56 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.42 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 64.14 per cent and women at 55.97 per cent. The census recorded 448 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 417 main workers, the largest group, 156, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 143 agricultural labourers and 113 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 31 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gajanwala's land. Of the village's 401 hectares, 365 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (134 hectares). About 6 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 168 cultivators and 156 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, one government middle 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.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Gajanwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Bagha Purana, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Bagha Purana, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhaikha, Pathangarh, Jaimalwala and Chand Nawan.

What is the population of Gajanwala?

The population of Gajanwala was 1,448 at the 2011 census, living in 266 households in Bagha Purana tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Gajanwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Gajanwala 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.