Jai Singhwalaਜੈ ਸਿੰਘਵਾਲਾ

Where is Jai Singhwala?

Jai Singhwala 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 4 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 033988, and it covers 557 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,450 people in Jai Singhwala: 776 men and 674 women, living in 288 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 557 hectares, the population density works out to about 260 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 869 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 129, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 809 people, about 56 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.63 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.68 per cent and women at 64.89 per cent. The census recorded 732 workers, about 50 per cent of the village. Of the 564 main workers, the largest group, 226, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 177 other workers in trade, transport and services and 123 cultivators on their own land. A further 168 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jai Singhwala's land. Of the village's 557 hectares, 505 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (112 hectares). About 52 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 133 cultivators and 291 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jai Singhwala is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bagha Purana, about 4 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 Chotia Thoba, Chand Purana, Chand Nawan and Gill.

What is the population of Jai Singhwala?

The population of Jai Singhwala was 1,450 at the 2011 census, living in 288 households in Bagha Purana tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Jai Singhwala have?

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