Chhina Karam Singhਛੀਨਾ ਕਰਮ ਸਿੰਘ

Where is Chhina Karam Singh?

Chhina Karam Singh is a village in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Ajnala, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Harsa Chhina community development block and is served by the Chhina Kuram Singh gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037282, and it covers 534 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,514 people in Chhina Karam Singh: 792 men and 722 women, living in 268 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 534 hectares, the population density works out to about 284 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 912 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 197, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 549 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.7 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.37 per cent and women at 64.73 per cent. The census recorded 471 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 384 main workers, the largest group, 165, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 134 agricultural labourers and 79 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 87 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chhina Karam Singh's land. Of the village's 534 hectares, 481 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (267 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (214 hectares). About 53 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 186 cultivators and 176 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Chhina Karam Singh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ajnala, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Jastarwal, Bohlian and Karyal.

What is the population of Chhina Karam Singh?

The population of Chhina Karam Singh was 1,514 at the 2011 census, living in 268 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Chhina Karam Singh have?

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