Mauli Baidwanਮੌਲੀ ਬੈਡਵਨ

Where is Mauli Baidwan?

Mauli Baidwan is a village of SAS Nagar tehsil in SAS Nagar district, Punjab, in the Puadh region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded S.A.S. Nagar, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kharar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039175, and it covers 293 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,390 people in Mauli Baidwan: 1,807 men and 1,583 women, living in 624 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 293 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,157 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 876 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 424, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,137 people, about 34 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.23 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.9 per cent and women at 78.09 per cent. The census recorded 1,275 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 1,223 main workers, the largest group, 1,176, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 21 agricultural labourers and 15 cultivators on their own land. A further 52 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mauli Baidwan's land. Of the village's 293 hectares, 195 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (195 hectares). About 60 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 18 cultivators and 23 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. 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, a primary health sub-centre and a dispensary. 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

Mauli Baidwan is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded S.A.S. Nagar, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. SAS Nagar, the tehsil headquarters, and Mohali, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Raipur Khurd, Kumbra, Sukhgarh and Kambali.

What is the population of Mauli Baidwan?

The population of Mauli Baidwan was 3,390 at the 2011 census, living in 624 households in SAS Nagar tehsil of SAS Nagar district.

What facilities does Mauli Baidwan have?

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