Kaler Ghummanਕਲੇਰ ਘੁੱਮਨ

Where is Kaler Ghumman?

Kaler Ghumman is a village in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Rayya, about 3 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 037719, and it covers 329 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,030 people in Kaler Ghumman: 1,068 men and 962 women, living in 399 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 329 hectares, the population density works out to about 617 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 901 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 223, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 446 people, about 22 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.39 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.04 per cent and women at 66.36 per cent. The census recorded 584 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 455 main workers, the largest group, 219, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 136 other workers in trade, transport and services and 85 agricultural labourers. A further 129 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kaler Ghumman's land. Of the village's 329 hectares, 294 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (95 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (199 hectares). About 35 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 232 cultivators and 86 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 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

Kaler Ghumman is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rayya, about 3 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 Naranjanpur Fattuwal, Loharanwala, Madh and Butari.

What is the population of Kaler Ghumman?

The population of Kaler Ghumman was 2,030 at the 2011 census, living in 399 households in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Kaler Ghumman have?

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