Chuhanke Kalanਚੁਹਂਕੇ ਕਲਾਂ

Where is Chuhanke Kalan?

Chuhanke Kalan is a village of Barnala tehsil in Barnala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Barnala, about 13 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 040014, and it covers 522 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,805 people in Chuhanke Kalan: 947 men and 858 women, living in 347 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 522 hectares, the population density works out to about 346 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 906 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 191, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 692 people, about 38 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.52 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.68 per cent and women at 63.67 per cent. The census recorded 497 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 388 main workers, the largest group, 189, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 149 other workers in trade, transport and services and 50 agricultural labourers. A further 109 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chuhanke Kalan's land. Of the village's 522 hectares, 480 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (259 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (221 hectares). About 42 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 195 cultivators and 117 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a veterinary hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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

Chuhanke Kalan is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Barnala, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Barnala, the tehsil headquarters, and Barnala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sehjra, Bazidke Kalan, Chuhanke Khurd and Bazidke Khurd.

What is the population of Chuhanke Kalan?

The population of Chuhanke Kalan was 1,805 at the 2011 census, living in 347 households in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Chuhanke Kalan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chuhanke Kalan 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.