Goluwalaਗੋਲੁਵਾਲਾ

Where is Goluwala?

Goluwala is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 17 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dharamkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034205, and it covers 123 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 302 people in Goluwala: 158 men and 144 women, living in 62 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 123 hectares, the population density works out to about 246 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 911 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 29, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 51 people, about 17 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.16 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.11 per cent and women at 58.33 per cent. The census recorded 132 workers, about 44 per cent of the village. Of the 109 main workers, the largest group, 82, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 25 agricultural labourers and 2 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 23 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Goluwala's land. Of the village's 123 hectares, 111 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (111 hectares). About 11 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 84 cultivators and 29 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Goluwala is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 17 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dharamkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhoghewala, Saide Shahwala, Bundala and Kahnewala.

What is the population of Goluwala?

The population of Goluwala was 302 at the 2011 census, living in 62 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Goluwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Goluwala has a government primary school. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.