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Where is Jagowal Bangar?

Jagowal Bangar 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 17 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kahnuwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028415, and it covers 263 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,274 people in Jagowal Bangar: 672 men and 602 women, living in 250 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 263 hectares, the population density works out to about 484 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 896 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 134, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 54 people, about 4 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.26 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.35 per cent and women at 75.91 per cent. The census recorded 548 workers, about 43 per cent of the village. Of the 390 main workers, the largest group, 245, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 121 other workers in trade, transport and services and 23 household industry workers. A further 158 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jagowal Bangar's land. Of the village's 263 hectares, 46 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (5 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (41 hectares). About 71 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 255 cultivators and 66 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jagowal Bangar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dhariwal, about 17 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Bhattian, Jafarpur, Ghot Kalan and Rauwal.

What is the population of Jagowal Bangar?

The population of Jagowal Bangar was 1,274 at the 2011 census, living in 250 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Jagowal Bangar have?

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