Khera Thanewalਖੇੜਾ ਥਨੇਵਾਲ

Where is Khera Thanewal?

Khera Thanewal is a village of Baba Bakala tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rayya, about 18 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 037835, and it covers 155 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 515 people in Khera Thanewal: 258 men and 257 women, living in 104 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 155 hectares, the population density works out to about 332 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 996 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 50, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 53 people, about 10 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.34 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.97 per cent and women at 69.92 per cent. The census recorded 159 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 155 main workers, the largest group, 114, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 33 agricultural labourers and 8 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 4 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khera Thanewal's land. Of the village's 155 hectares, 138 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (112 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (23 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 118 cultivators and 33 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Khera Thanewal is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rayya, about 18 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Baba Bakala, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhaini Ramdyal, Gaziwal, Ghaziwal Miani and Jhalari.

What is the population of Khera Thanewal?

The population of Khera Thanewal was 515 at the 2011 census, living in 104 households in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Khera Thanewal have?

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