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Where is Jhandiana Sharki?

Jhandiana Sharki is a village in Moga tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Moga, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Moga-I community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034026, and it covers 445 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,163 people in Jhandiana Sharki: 1,152 men and 1,011 women, living in 439 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 445 hectares, the population density works out to about 486 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 878 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 174, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 783 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.42 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.49 per cent and women at 69.62 per cent. The census recorded 606 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 490 main workers, the largest group, 183, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 174 cultivators on their own land and 129 agricultural labourers. A further 116 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Jhandiana Sharki's land. Of the village's 445 hectares, 397 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (54 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (120 hectares). About 48 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 185 cultivators and 139 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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, an allopathic hospital, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Jhandiana Sharki is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Moga, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Moga, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Matwani, Nathuwala Jadid, Ajitwal and Kokri Phulasingh.

What is the population of Jhandiana Sharki?

The population of Jhandiana Sharki was 2,163 at the 2011 census, living in 439 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Jhandiana Sharki have?

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