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Where is Jogowal?

Jogowal is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhariwal, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhariwal community development block and is served by the Jagowal Jattan gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028040, and it covers 145 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 812 people in Jogowal: 437 men and 375 women, living in 151 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 145 hectares, the population density works out to about 560 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 858 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 117, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 281 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 77.99 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.68 per cent and women at 65.74 per cent. The census recorded 502 workers, about 62 per cent of the village. Of the 477 main workers, the largest group, 234, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 163 agricultural labourers and 42 household industry workers. A further 25 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jogowal's land. Of the village's 145 hectares, 131 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (2 hectares). About 14 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 235 cultivators and 181 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, 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

Jogowal is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dhariwal, about 6 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 Alowal, Chhotepur, Gunian and Chak Baroia.

What is the population of Jogowal?

The population of Jogowal was 812 at the 2011 census, living in 151 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Jogowal have?

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