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Where is Jawaharke?

Jawaharke is a village of Mansa tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mansa, about 2 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 036096, and it covers 1,136 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,339 people in Jawaharke: 2,296 men and 2,043 women, living in 866 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 1,136 hectares, the population density works out to about 382 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 890 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 483, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,734 people, about 40 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.48 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.76 per cent and women at 53.46 per cent. The census recorded 1,585 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 1,313 main workers, the largest group, 531, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 435 agricultural labourers and 336 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 272 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jawaharke's land. Of the village's 1,136 hectares, 1,018 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,018 hectares). About 118 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 14 hours a day. The census recorded 537 cultivators and 571 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 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 veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Jawaharke is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Mansa, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Mansa, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Barnala, Nangal Kalan, Khara and Hirewala.

What is the population of Jawaharke?

The population of Jawaharke was 4,339 at the 2011 census, living in 866 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Jawaharke have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Jawaharke has government schools from primary to middle school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office.