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Where is Panju Rai?

Panju Rai is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 22 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chogawan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037192, and it covers 174 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 744 people in Panju Rai: 390 men and 354 women, living in 113 households, an average of about 6.6 people per household. Spread over its 174 hectares, the population density works out to about 428 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 908 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 98, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 88 people, about 12 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.68 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 61.75 per cent and women at 59.55 per cent. The census recorded 255 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 251 main workers, the largest group, 177, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 61 other workers in trade, transport and services and 13 household industry workers. A further 4 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Panju Rai's land. Of the village's 174 hectares, 156 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (130 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (26 hectares). About 18 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 179 cultivators and 0 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Panju Rai is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 22 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 Lelian, Manj and Kakar.

What is the population of Panju Rai?

The population of Panju Rai was 744 at the 2011 census, living in 113 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Panju Rai have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Panju Rai has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.