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Where is Jodhpur Romana?

Jodhpur Romana is a village of Bathinda tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bathinda, about 1 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bathinda community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035792, and it covers 1,012 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,348 people in Jodhpur Romana: 1,215 men and 1,133 women, living in 458 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 1,012 hectares, the population density works out to about 232 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 933 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 260, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 941 people, about 40 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.04 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.15 per cent and women at 56.53 per cent. The census recorded 1,051 workers, about 45 per cent of the village. Of the 617 main workers, the largest group, 338, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 149 other workers in trade, transport and services and 113 agricultural labourers. A further 434 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jodhpur Romana's land. Of the village's 1,012 hectares, 865 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (700 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (165 hectares). About 93 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 389 cultivators and 374 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.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Jodhpur Romana is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bathinda, about 1 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Bathinda, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gurusar Sainewala, Jassi Pauwali, Jai Singhwala and Phus Mandi.

What is the population of Jodhpur Romana?

The population of Jodhpur Romana was 2,348 at the 2011 census, living in 458 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Jodhpur Romana have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jodhpur Romana has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.