Chhiniwal Khurdਛੀਨੀਵਾਲ ਖੁਰਦ

Where is Chhiniwal Khurd?

Chhiniwal Khurd is a village in Tapa tehsil of Barnala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Barnala, about 26 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mehal Kalan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 040083, and it covers 555 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,200 people in Chhiniwal Khurd: 1,159 men and 1,041 women, living in 426 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 555 hectares, the population density works out to about 397 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 898 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 222, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 407 people, about 18 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.78 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.42 per cent and women at 70.67 per cent. The census recorded 705 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 451 main workers, the largest group, 362, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 76 other workers in trade, transport and services and 8 agricultural labourers. A further 254 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chhiniwal Khurd's land. Of the village's 555 hectares, 495 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (193 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (303 hectares). About 59 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 413 cultivators and 137 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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. The village had its own post office. 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

Chhiniwal Khurd is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Barnala, about 26 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 Diwana, Sadowal, Naraingarh Sohian and Gagewal.

What is the population of Chhiniwal Khurd?

The population of Chhiniwal Khurd was 2,200 at the 2011 census, living in 426 households in Tapa tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Chhiniwal Khurd have?

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