Sarawan Bodlaਸਰਵਨ ਬੋਡਲਾ

Where is Sarawan Bodla?

Sarawan Bodla 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 035250, and it covers 2,872 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,597 people in Sarawan Bodla: 2,954 men and 2,643 women, living in 949 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 2,872 hectares, the population density works out to about 195 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 895 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 636, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,194 people, about 39 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.62 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.26 per cent and women at 59.29 per cent. The census recorded 1,966 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 1,739 main workers, the largest group, 840, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 621 agricultural labourers and 260 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 227 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sarawan Bodla's land. Of the village's 2,872 hectares, 2,649 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (2,649 hectares). About 223 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 863 cultivators and 753 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre and a veterinary hospital. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Sarawan Bodla 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 Bhagwanpura, Aspal, Karamgarh and Alamwala.

What is the population of Sarawan Bodla?

The population of Sarawan Bodla was 5,597 at the 2011 census, living in 949 households in Malout tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Sarawan Bodla have?

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