Badwaliਬਡਵਾਲੀ

Where is Badwali?

Badwali is a village of Morinda tehsil in Rupnagar district, Punjab, in the Puadh region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Morinda, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Morinda community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038933, and it covers 234 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,462 people in Badwali: 775 men and 687 women, living in 258 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 234 hectares, the population density works out to about 625 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 886 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 138, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 698 people, about 48 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.1 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.34 per cent and women at 77.2 per cent. The census recorded 449 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 439 main workers, the largest group, 249, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 172 cultivators on their own land and 12 household industry workers. A further 10 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Badwali's land. Of the village's 234 hectares, 190 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (190 hectares). About 44 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 178 cultivators and 6 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 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Badwali is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Morinda, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Morinda, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Shahpur, Rattangarh, Datarpur and Rambagh.

What is the population of Badwali?

The population of Badwali was 1,462 at the 2011 census, living in 258 households in Morinda tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Badwali have?

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