Jaimalwalaਜੈਮਲਵਾਲਾ

Where is Jaimalwala?

Jaimalwala 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 033982, and it covers 670 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,402 people in Jaimalwala: 1,782 men and 1,620 women, living in 668 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 670 hectares, the population density works out to about 508 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 909 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 325, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,584 people, about 47 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.26 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.8 per cent and women at 61.38 per cent. The census recorded 1,104 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 883 main workers, the largest group, 376, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 350 agricultural labourers and 141 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 221 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jaimalwala's land. Of the village's 670 hectares, 620 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (285 hectares). About 50 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. The census recorded 387 cultivators and 500 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, 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. 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

Jaimalwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bagha Purana, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Langiana Nawan, Bhaikha, Langiana Purana and Gajanwala.

What is the population of Jaimalwala?

The population of Jaimalwala was 3,402 at the 2011 census, living in 668 households in Bagha Purana tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Jaimalwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jaimalwala 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.