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Where is Aspal?

Aspal is a village of Mansa tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mansa, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mansa community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036123, and it covers 327 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 862 people in Aspal: 456 men and 406 women, living in 171 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 327 hectares, the population density works out to about 264 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 890 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 85, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 266 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 57.79 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 64.98 per cent and women at 49.59 per cent. The census recorded 321 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 257 main workers, the largest group, 118, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 59 agricultural labourers and 59 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 64 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Aspal's land. Of the village's 327 hectares, 298 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 271 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (258 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (13 hectares). About 30 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 4 hours a day. With 118 cultivators and 81 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 2 government primary schools, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Aspal is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Mansa, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Mansa, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sadda Singhwala, Kalho, Khokhar Khurd and Kotli kalan.

What is the population of Aspal?

The population of Aspal was 862 at the 2011 census, living in 171 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Aspal have?

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