Kabarwalaਕਬਰਵਾਲਾ

Where is Kabarwala?

Kabarwala is a village of Malout tehsil in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Malout, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malout community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035247, and it covers 1,017 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,355 people in Kabarwala: 1,246 men and 1,109 women, living in 463 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 1,017 hectares, the population density works out to about 232 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 890 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 303, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,245 people, about 53 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.08 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.84 per cent and women at 60.5 per cent. The census recorded 898 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 749 main workers, the largest group, 301, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 249 agricultural labourers and 188 cultivators on their own land. A further 149 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kabarwala's land. Of the village's 1,017 hectares, 897 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (897 hectares). About 120 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 188 cultivators and 394 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, 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre and a primary health sub-centre. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Kabarwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Malout, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Malout, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Katianwali, Karamgarh, Pakki Tibbi and Bhagwanpura.

What is the population of Kabarwala?

The population of Kabarwala was 2,355 at the 2011 census, living in 463 households in Malout tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Kabarwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kabarwala 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.