Mahiwalaਮਹੀਵਾਲਾ

Where is Mahiwala?

Mahiwala is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 19 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 034209, and it covers 136 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 226 people in Mahiwala: 118 men and 108 women, living in 36 households, an average of about 6.3 people per household. Spread over its 136 hectares, the population density works out to about 167 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 915 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 18, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 75 people, about 33 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.15 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.45 per cent and women at 66.33 per cent. The census recorded 72 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 71 main workers, the largest group, 39, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 18 other workers in trade, transport and services and 14 agricultural labourers. A further 1 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mahiwala's land. Of the village's 136 hectares, 127 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (127 hectares). About 8 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 39 cultivators and 14 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mahiwala is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 19 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 Lalhandi, Bahadarwala, Kahnewala and Fatehgarh Panjtur.

What is the population of Mahiwala?

The population of Mahiwala was 226 at the 2011 census, living in 36 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Mahiwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mahiwala has . It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.