Jaffarwalaਜਫਫਰਵਾਲਾ

Where is Jaffarwala?

Jaffarwala is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 6 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 034157, and it covers 157 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 427 people in Jaffarwala: 215 men and 212 women, living in 81 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 157 hectares, the population density works out to about 272 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 986 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 61, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 108 people, about 25 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.94 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.28 per cent and women at 61.54 per cent. The census recorded 149 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 144 main workers, the largest group, 82, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 56 agricultural labourers and 6 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 5 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jaffarwala's land. Of the village's 157 hectares, 146 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (89 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (57 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 83 cultivators and 57 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 anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jaffarwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 6 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 Kot Sardar Khan, Nurpur Haqiman and Masitan.

What is the population of Jaffarwala?

The population of Jaffarwala was 427 at the 2011 census, living in 81 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Jaffarwala have?

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