Sangheraਸਂਘੇਰਾ

Where is Sanghera?

Sanghera is a village in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Barnala, about 2 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 039989, and it covers 3,654 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 992 people in Sanghera: 550 men and 442 women, living in 186 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 3,654 hectares, the population density works out to about 27 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 804 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 94, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 312 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.37 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 69.09 per cent and women at 63.03 per cent. The census recorded 367 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 360 main workers, the largest group, 214, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 129 cultivators on their own land and 17 agricultural labourers. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sanghera's land. Of the village's 3,654 hectares, 3,240 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,425 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (1,815 hectares). About 380 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 129 cultivators and 21 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was five to ten kilometres away. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Sanghera is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Barnala, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Barnala Rural, Harbanspura, Patti Sekhwan and Shekha.

What is the population of Sanghera?

The population of Sanghera was 992 at the 2011 census, living in 186 households in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Sanghera have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Sanghera has an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.