Chak Misri Khanਚੱਕ ਮਿਸਰੀ ਖਾਨ

Where is Chak Misri Khan?

Chak Misri Khan is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 17 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chogawan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037214, and it covers 567 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,289 people in Chak Misri Khan: 1,213 men and 1,076 women, living in 430 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 567 hectares, the population density works out to about 404 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 887 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 239, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,083 people, about 47 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.8 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 69.49 per cent and women at 57.41 per cent. The census recorded 743 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 547 main workers, the largest group, 275, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 210 cultivators on their own land and 34 household industry workers. A further 196 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Misri Khan's land. Of the village's 567 hectares, 516 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (516 hectares). About 7 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 242 cultivators and 46 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. The village had its own 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chak Misri Khan is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 17 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Lopoke, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Lopoke, Veroke and Mudh Bhillowal.

What is the population of Chak Misri Khan?

The population of Chak Misri Khan was 2,289 at the 2011 census, living in 430 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Chak Misri Khan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chak Misri Khan has a government primary school, an anganwadi centre and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.