Allawalpurਅੱਲਵਲਪੁਰ

Where is Allawalpur?

Allawalpur is a village of Tarn Taran tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Tarn Taran community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037944, and it covers 120 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 499 people in Allawalpur: 250 men and 249 women, living in 93 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 120 hectares, the population density works out to about 416 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 996 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 73, about 15 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 13 people, about 3 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 54.93 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 61.93 per cent and women at 47.6 per cent. The census recorded 159 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 48 main workers, the largest group, 44, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 2 agricultural labourers and 1 cultivators on their own land. A further 111 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Allawalpur's land. Of the village's 120 hectares, 108 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (74 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (34 hectares). About 12 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 5 cultivators and 83 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Allawalpur is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Tarn Taran, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sanghe, Naurangabad, Bachrhe and Jhander.

What is the population of Allawalpur?

The population of Allawalpur was 499 at the 2011 census, living in 93 households in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Allawalpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Allawalpur has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.