Mastewalaਮਸਟੇਵਾਲਾ

Where is Mastewala?

Mastewala is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 15 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 034163, and it covers 127 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 294 people in Mastewala: 142 men and 152 women, living in 57 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 127 hectares, the population density works out to about 231 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1070 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 32, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 81 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.37 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.4 per cent and women at 68.61 per cent. The census recorded 91 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 90 main workers, the largest group, 61, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 22 agricultural labourers and 7 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 1 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mastewala's land. Of the village's 127 hectares, 120 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 (31 hectares). About 7 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 61 cultivators and 23 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 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Mastewala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 15 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 Daulewala, Fatehpur Jhugian and Chirag Shahwala.

What is the population of Mastewala?

The population of Mastewala was 294 at the 2011 census, living in 57 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Mastewala have?

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