Berwala Khurd
Berwala Khurd is a village in Ellenabad Tehsil or Taluk of Sirsa, District of Haryana, India. Sadly It has the distinction of being one of the most backward villages of India. It is 12 km from Ellenabad and 58 km from the district headquarters Sirsa. This village is in one corner of Sirsa and it is on a border that touches the Rajasthan. It is no public transit to connect the village with nearby town ( ellenabad) . people mainly rely upon bullock cart, bicycles, and tractors. Berwala Khurd have 4000 bigha of agricultural land. Its population is near about 4500 people. In the village there is one government high school. Nearby village are Dhaulpalia, Talwara Khurd, Berwala kalan(Rajasthan).
Nearby village there is Indira Gandhi Canal. In the village there are two wells. These wells are not used now but old people of village used to tell that these wells had a great role for establishing this village as for establishing village there was few rule and one out of them was availability of drinking water. When Berwala Khurd got established at that time in village there was no drinkable water source so to fullfill this drinkable water criteria 2 well has been dug and leather bag full of imported drinking water has been hanged in well to pass drinking water criteria. one officer came to check drinking water that time people of village had put bucket in well but it was put originally in that leather bag that was full of drinking water and they got water bucket out and English officer tasted it and allowed establishment of the village.
The village consists mainly of JAAT and other communities. It has SC, OBC, and General category people. Most of them are illiterate. The village's economy consists of agricultural activities and animal husbandry. People spend their time by watching TV and playing card with neighbours.
Village having post office which serve for Berwala Khurd and Dhaulpalia. Village having water works, old age home, panchayat home, Aaangan wadi & gaushala also.
Villager mainly doing agriculture and related work. Village get water from Bhakra canal and indra gandhi Canal.
Sahid RadheyShyam Bhaker is Sahid army man. He was killed in Jammu Kashmir at Kupwara Sector during kargil war. Every year villagers celebrate his death anniversary.
References
- Geolysis.com
Coordinates: 29°27′N 74°34′E / 29.450°N 74.567°E