Jhandiana Garbiਝਂਡਿਆਨਾ ਗਰਬੀ

Where is Jhandiana Garbi?

Jhandiana Garbi is a village in Moga tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bagha Purana, about 17 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Moga-II community development block and is served by the JHANDIANA Garbi gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034066, and it covers 1,265 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,587 people in Jhandiana Garbi: 1,889 men and 1,698 women, living in 688 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,265 hectares, the population density works out to about 284 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 899 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 419, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,619 people, about 45 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.16 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.61 per cent and women at 57.44 per cent. The census recorded 1,168 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 1,154 main workers, the largest group, 502, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 449 cultivators on their own land and 203 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 14 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jhandiana Garbi's land. Of the village's 1,265 hectares, 1,165 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (242 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (923 hectares). About 100 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 454 cultivators and 502 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. 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. The village had its own post office. 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

Jhandiana Garbi 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 17 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Moga, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mangewala, Darapur, Thamanwala and Khukhrana.

What is the population of Jhandiana Garbi?

The population of Jhandiana Garbi was 3,587 at the 2011 census, living in 688 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Jhandiana Garbi have?

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