Vehraਵੇਹਰਾ

Where is Vehra?

Vehra is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 20 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 037179, and it covers 300 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 943 people in Vehra: 499 men and 444 women, living in 130 households, an average of about 7.3 people per household. Spread over its 300 hectares, the population density works out to about 314 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 890 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 128, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 351 people, about 37 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 45.64 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 51.28 per cent and women at 39.38 per cent. The census recorded 400 workers, about 42 per cent of the village. Of the 343 main workers, the largest group, 156, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 141 agricultural labourers and 29 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 57 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Vehra's land. Of the village's 300 hectares, 268 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (268 hectares). About 32 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 159 cultivators and 172 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Vehra is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 20 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 Bhaggupur Bet and Mohleke.

What is the population of Vehra?

The population of Vehra was 943 at the 2011 census, living in 130 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Vehra have?

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