Kotla Sultan Singhਕੋਟਲਾ ਸੁਲਤਾਨ ਸਿੰਘ

Where is Kotla Sultan Singh?

Kotla Sultan Singh is a village of Majitha tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Majitha, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Majitha community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037470, and it covers 217 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,200 people in Kotla Sultan Singh: 624 men and 576 women, living in 210 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 217 hectares, the population density works out to about 553 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 923 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 122, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 504 people, about 42 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.85 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.64 per cent and women at 64.83 per cent. The census recorded 304 workers, about 25 per cent of the village. Of the 273 main workers, the largest group, 201, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 44 cultivators on their own land and 18 agricultural labourers. A further 31 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kotla Sultan Singh's land. Of the village's 217 hectares, 190 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (136 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (54 hectares). About 27 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 48 cultivators and 20 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kotla Sultan Singh is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Majitha, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Majitha, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Borewal Kang, Sham Nagar and Saprai Wind.

What is the population of Kotla Sultan Singh?

The population of Kotla Sultan Singh was 1,200 at the 2011 census, living in 210 households in Majitha tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Kotla Sultan Singh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kotla Sultan Singh has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.