Punnawalਪੁੰਨਾਵਾਲ

Where is Punnawal?

Punnawal is a village of Dhuri tehsil in Sangrur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhuri, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhuri community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039621, and it covers 1,086 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,910 people in Punnawal: 1,517 men and 1,393 women, living in 575 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 1,086 hectares, the population density works out to about 268 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 918 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 252, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 877 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.23 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.5 per cent and women at 60.41 per cent. The census recorded 1,732 workers, about 60 per cent of the village. Of the 1,083 main workers, the largest group, 641, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 285 other workers in trade, transport and services and 103 agricultural labourers. A further 649 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Punnawal's land. Of the village's 1,086 hectares, 1,004 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (210 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (794 hectares). About 75 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 854 cultivators and 148 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, one government middle 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 primary health centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub 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

Punnawal is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dhuri, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Dhuri, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Buggra, Pedni Kalan, Rajo Majra and Ladda.

What is the population of Punnawal?

The population of Punnawal was 2,910 at the 2011 census, living in 575 households in Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Punnawal have?

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