Ghunasਘੁਨਸ

Where is Ghunas?

Ghunas is a village of Tapa tehsil in Barnala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Tapa, 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 040049, and it covers 580 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,836 people in Ghunas: 1,537 men and 1,299 women, living in 550 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 580 hectares, the population density works out to about 489 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 845 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 381, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,133 people, about 40 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 58.62 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.35 per cent and women at 54.21 per cent. The census recorded 1,024 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 1,013 main workers, the largest group, 512, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 380 cultivators on their own land and 120 agricultural labourers. A further 11 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ghunas's land. Of the village's 580 hectares, 481 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (279 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (202 hectares). About 83 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 381 cultivators and 121 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 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 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Ghunas is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Tapa, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Tapa, the tehsil headquarters, and Barnala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mehta, Khudi Khurd, Dhaula and Dhilwan (Patiala).

What is the population of Ghunas?

The population of Ghunas was 2,836 at the 2011 census, living in 550 households in Tapa tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Ghunas have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Ghunas 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.