Kot Dunaਕੋਟ ਦੁਨਾ

Where is Kot Duna?

Kot Duna is a village of Barnala tehsil in Barnala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhanaula, about 20 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Barnala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039961, and it covers 2,498 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,744 people in Kot Duna: 3,096 men and 2,648 women, living in 1,106 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 2,498 hectares, the population density works out to about 230 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 855 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 618, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,078 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.03 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 64.1 per cent and women at 53.24 per cent. The census recorded 2,027 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 1,420 main workers, the largest group, 785, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 356 other workers in trade, transport and services and 253 agricultural labourers. A further 607 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kot Duna's land. Of the village's 2,498 hectares, 2,332 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (295 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (2,037 hectares). About 160 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 801 cultivators and 690 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. 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 its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch, a cooperative bank branch and an ATM. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Kot Duna is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dhanaula, about 20 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 Pandher and Rajia.

What is the population of Kot Duna?

The population of Kot Duna was 5,744 at the 2011 census, living in 1,106 households in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Kot Duna have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kot Duna has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office.