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Where is Singowal?

Singowal is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dorangala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028128, and it covers 102 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 209 people in Singowal: 115 men and 94 women, living in 42 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 102 hectares, the population density works out to about 205 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 817 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 16, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 9 people, about 4 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.09 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.31 per cent and women at 65.12 per cent. The census recorded 61 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 54 main workers, the largest group, 29, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 19 other workers in trade, transport and services and 4 household industry workers. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Singowal's land. Of the village's 102 hectares, 97 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (97 hectares). About 5 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 29 cultivators and 8 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 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Singowal is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 10 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 Chaguwala, Radhan, Makandpur and Lole Nangal.

What is the population of Singowal?

The population of Singowal was 209 at the 2011 census, living in 42 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Singowal have?

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