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Where is Jassarwala?

Jassarwala is a village in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bhikhi, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bhikhi community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036079, and it covers 168 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 576 people in Jassarwala: 305 men and 271 women, living in 114 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 168 hectares, the population density works out to about 343 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 889 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 61, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 87 people, about 15 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.89 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 64.68 per cent and women at 48.37 per cent. The census recorded 245 workers, about 43 per cent of the village. Of the 170 main workers, the largest group, 88, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 61 other workers in trade, transport and services and 19 agricultural labourers. A further 75 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jassarwala's land. Of the village's 168 hectares, 150 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (119 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (31 hectares). About 18 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 11 hours a day. With 116 cultivators and 60 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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

Jassarwala is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhikhi, about 2 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 Hodla kalan, Mohar Singhwala, Bir Khurd and Dhalewan.

What is the population of Jassarwala?

The population of Jassarwala was 576 at the 2011 census, living in 114 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Jassarwala have?

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