Chak Ram Singhwalaਚੱਕ ਰਾਮ ਸਿੰਘਵਾਲਾ

Where is Chak Ram Singhwala?

Chak Ram Singhwala is a village of Bathinda tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bucho Mandi, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nathana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035799, and it covers 761 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,889 people in Chak Ram Singhwala: 1,537 men and 1,352 women, living in 574 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 761 hectares, the population density works out to about 380 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 880 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 263, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,063 people, about 37 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.63 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.43 per cent and women at 58.67 per cent. The census recorded 1,227 workers, about 42 per cent of the village. Of the 819 main workers, the largest group, 419, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 246 agricultural labourers and 148 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 408 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Ram Singhwala's land. Of the village's 761 hectares, 684 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (475 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (208 hectares). About 77 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 577 cultivators and 467 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. 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. 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

Chak Ram Singhwala is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bucho Mandi, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Bathinda, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chak Bakhtu, Dhan Singh Khana, Chak Fateh Singhwala and Kot Shamir.

What is the population of Chak Ram Singhwala?

The population of Chak Ram Singhwala was 2,889 at the 2011 census, living in 574 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Chak Ram Singhwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chak Ram Singhwala has government schools from primary to secondary school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.