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Where is Duluwana?

Duluwana is a village in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dhariwal, about 9 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhariwal community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028433, and it covers 174 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 782 people in Duluwana: 405 men and 377 women, living in 148 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 174 hectares, the population density works out to about 449 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 931 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 75, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 0 people, about 0 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.92 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.42 per cent and women at 75.42 per cent. The census recorded 183 workers, about 23 per cent of the village. Of the 181 main workers, the largest group, 96, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 79 other workers in trade, transport and services and 6 agricultural labourers. A further 2 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Duluwana's land. Of the village's 174 hectares, 122 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (84 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (38 hectares). About 34 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 97 cultivators and 6 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included an allopathic hospital and a dispensary. 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

Duluwana is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dhariwal, about 9 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Gurdaspur, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Roranwali, Pasnawal, Sahaipur and Malian.

What is the population of Duluwana?

The population of Duluwana was 782 at the 2011 census, living in 148 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Duluwana have?

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