Chhana Gulabsinghਛਨਾ ਗੁਲਾਬ ਸਿੰਘ

Where is Chhana Gulabsingh?

Chhana Gulabsingh is a village of Tapa tehsil in Barnala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhadaur, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sehna community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 040062, and it covers 268 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,549 people in Chhana Gulabsingh: 822 men and 727 women, living in 288 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 268 hectares, the population density works out to about 578 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 884 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 174, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 622 people, about 40 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 57.67 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 63.78 per cent and women at 51.06 per cent. The census recorded 485 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 470 main workers, the largest group, 227, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 147 other workers in trade, transport and services and 96 agricultural labourers. A further 15 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chhana Gulabsingh's land. Of the village's 268 hectares, 239 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (104 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (135 hectares). About 29 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 227 cultivators and 103 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop. 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

Chhana Gulabsingh is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhadaur, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Tapa, the tehsil headquarters, and Barnala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nainewala, Jangiana, Sandhu Kalan and Alkran.

What is the population of Chhana Gulabsingh?

The population of Chhana Gulabsingh was 1,549 at the 2011 census, living in 288 households in Tapa tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Chhana Gulabsingh have?

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