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Where is Goniana?

Goniana is a village of Muktsar tehsil in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Muktsar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035394, and it covers 870 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,729 people in Goniana: 1,943 men and 1,786 women, living in 758 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 870 hectares, the population density works out to about 429 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 919 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 431, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,255 people, about 60 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 55.82 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 61.96 per cent and women at 49.18 per cent. The census recorded 1,424 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 1,136 main workers, the largest group, 421, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 387 agricultural labourers and 320 cultivators on their own land. A further 288 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Goniana's land. Of the village's 870 hectares, 814 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (814 hectares). About 56 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 328 cultivators and 519 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, 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 primary health centre. 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. 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

Goniana is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Muktsar, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Rohurianwali, Rupana, Ballamgarh and Bhullar.

What is the population of Goniana?

The population of Goniana was 3,729 at the 2011 census, living in 758 households in Muktsar tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Goniana have?

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