Chhapianwaliਛਪਿਆਂਵਾਲੀ

Where is Chhapianwali?

Chhapianwali is a village of Baba Bakala tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rayya, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rayya community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037711, and it covers 204 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,944 people in Chhapianwali: 1,015 men and 929 women, living in 339 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 204 hectares, the population density works out to about 953 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 915 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 229, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 816 people, about 42 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.76 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.84 per cent and women at 67.31 per cent. The census recorded 567 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 305 main workers, the largest group, 178, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 110 other workers in trade, transport and services and 14 household industry workers. A further 262 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chhapianwali's land. Of the village's 204 hectares, 176 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (170 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (6 hectares). About 28 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 18 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and an allopathic hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chhapianwali is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rayya, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Baba Bakala, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Daulo Nangal, Umra Nangal, Wazir Bhullar and Chimabath.

What is the population of Chhapianwali?

The population of Chhapianwali was 1,944 at the 2011 census, living in 339 households in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Chhapianwali have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chhapianwali has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.