Borawal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Borawal | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Gurdwara Shaheed Baba Dharam Singh Sekhon, a landmark of Borawal | |
  Borawal Location in Punjab, India  Borawal Borawal (India) | |
| Coordinates: 29°59′45″N 75°32′35″E / 29.995901°N 75.543108°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Mansa |
| Government | |
| • Body | Naruto |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.55 km2 (4.46 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 213 m (699 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,950 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 151502 |
| Area code | 01652-283xxx |
Borawal (ਬੋੜਾਵਾਲ) also in records written as Borewal is a village in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district[1] in the Indian state of Punjab. It is on Budhlada - Bhikhi road. The village has a very large pond, three gurdwaras, and C-pet camp. Welfare clubs such as U Meed and Saheed Udam Singh are present.
The big pond
According to historians, Borawal came into existence in the early or mid-thirteenth century. Pt. Kartar Singh Dakha wrote in 1945 that "In the town of Borawal in Patiala Raaj, there lives the Braveheart Sekhon people from 700 years ago" (Punjabi: ਕਸਬਾ ਬੋੜਾਵਾਲ ਜੋ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਟਿਆਲੇ ਰਾਜ। ਬਸੈ ਸਾਤ ਸੌ ਬਰਸ ਤੇ ਸਭ ਸੇਖਮ ਸਿਰਤਾਜ।।).[citation needed]
On Budhlada Bhikhi road is a big pond in the village. It is the creation of greed for good clay. This area around a small pond was used by farmers to thrash their produce, winter crops (ਹਾੜੀ )mainly wheat, gram, mustard and barley etc. and summer crops (ਸੌਣੀ) Bajra, Juwar, maize, guara, moong etc. When trashing became mechanical, the area became vacant. The soil of the area was black hard good clay. People started digging and using it for pottery, thatching roofs, plastering mud walls and floors and big pits were formed. Even some people started selling it nearby towns and villages. Over time small pond changed to a big pond or lake.
Demographics
Borawal has a population of 3950 of which 2112 are males and 1838 are females, as per Population Census 2011.[2] In Borawal village, 403 children aged under 6 live,[clarification needed] making up 10.20% of the total. The average sex ratio is 870 which is lower than the Punjab state average of 895. The child sex ratio for the Borawal as per the census is 824, lower than the Punjab average of 846.
Borawal village has a lower literacy rate than Punjab. In 2011, the literacy rate was 55.79% compared to 75.84% of Punjab. Male literacy stands at 59.65% while female literacy rate is 51.39%.
Governance
Borawal village is administrated by Sarpanch (head of village), who is the elected representative of the village.[citation needed]
Culture
Borawal is known for its rich cultural and religious heritage.
