Kallo Mahalਕੱਲੋ ਮਹਿਲ

Where is Kallo Mahal?

Kallo Mahal is a village of Ajnala tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Ajnala, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ajnala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037262, and it covers 179 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 559 people in Kallo Mahal: 299 men and 260 women, living in 118 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 179 hectares, the population density works out to about 312 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 870 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 65, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 104 people, about 19 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.17 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.08 per cent and women at 73.5 per cent. The census recorded 181 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 177 main workers, the largest group, 96, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 57 other workers in trade, transport and services and 17 agricultural labourers. A further 4 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kallo Mahal's land. Of the village's 179 hectares, 162 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (28 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (134 hectares). About 17 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 97 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Kallo Mahal is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ajnala, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Ajnala, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhadal, Dhurian, Samrai and Kotli Jamait Singh.

What is the population of Kallo Mahal?

The population of Kallo Mahal was 559 at the 2011 census, living in 118 households in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Kallo Mahal have?

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