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Where is Sadda Singhwala?

Sadda Singhwala is a village in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Mansa, about 3 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 036122, and it covers 819 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,004 people in Sadda Singhwala: 1,069 men and 935 women, living in 395 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 819 hectares, the population density works out to about 245 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 875 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 199, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 609 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.26 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.42 per cent and women at 59.24 per cent. The census recorded 900 workers, about 45 per cent of the village. Of the 765 main workers, the largest group, 323, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 305 cultivators on their own land and 125 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 135 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sadda Singhwala's land. Of the village's 819 hectares, 736 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (489 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (247 hectares). About 81 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. The census recorded 318 cultivators and 407 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. 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 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Sadda Singhwala is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Mansa, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Mansa, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Khokhar Khurd, Aspal, Ram Dittawala and Kalho.

What is the population of Sadda Singhwala?

The population of Sadda Singhwala was 2,004 at the 2011 census, living in 395 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Sadda Singhwala have?

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