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Where is Mandwala?

Mandwala is a village of Faridkot tehsil in Faridkot district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Faridkot, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Faridkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035570, and it covers 342 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,114 people in Mandwala: 586 men and 528 women, living in 218 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 342 hectares, the population density works out to about 326 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 901 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 120, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 516 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.03 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.46 per cent and women at 64 per cent. The census recorded 363 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 355 main workers, the largest group, 162, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 153 agricultural labourers and 30 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 8 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mandwala's land. Of the village's 342 hectares, 317 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (212 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (105 hectares). About 25 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 167 cultivators and 156 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Mandwala is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Faridkot, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Faridkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Faridkot town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chak Dhudi, Dhulkot and Dhudi.

What is the population of Mandwala?

The population of Mandwala was 1,114 at the 2011 census, living in 218 households in Faridkot tehsil of Faridkot district.

What facilities does Mandwala have?

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