Adoanaਅਡੋਅਨਾ

Where is Adoana?

Adoana is a village of Balachaur tehsil in SBS Nagar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Balachaur, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Balachaur community development block and is served by the Adowana gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032441, and it covers 396 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,388 people in Adoana: 713 men and 675 women, living in 321 households, an average of about 4.3 people per household. Spread over its 396 hectares, the population density works out to about 351 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 947 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 164, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 0 people, about 0 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.96 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 89.9 per cent and women at 63.5 per cent. The census recorded 353 workers, about 25 per cent of the village. Of the 151 main workers, the largest group, 143, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 6 cultivators on their own land and 2 household industry workers. A further 202 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Adoana's land. Of the village's 396 hectares, 207 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (207 hectares). About 37 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 82 cultivators and 4 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 dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Adoana is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Balachaur, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Balachaur, the tehsil headquarters, and Nawanshahr, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Takarla, Bhanewal, Thopia and Raju Majra.

What is the population of Adoana?

The population of Adoana was 1,388 at the 2011 census, living in 321 households in Balachaur tehsil of SBS Nagar district.

What facilities does Adoana have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Adoana 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.