Gehri Devi nagarਗਹਿਰੀ ਦੇਵੀ ਨਗਰ

Where is Gehri Devi nagar?

Gehri Devi nagar is a village of Bathinda tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bathinda, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bathinda community development block and is served by the Gehri Devi Nagar gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035803, and it covers 1,953 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 6,103 people in Gehri Devi nagar: 3,246 men and 2,857 women, living in 1,202 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 1,953 hectares, the population density works out to about 312 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 880 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 811, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,680 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.97 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 61.55 per cent and women at 51.69 per cent. The census recorded 2,496 workers, about 41 per cent of the village. Of the 2,219 main workers, the largest group, 1,169, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 766 cultivators on their own land and 274 agricultural labourers. A further 277 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gehri Devi nagar's land. Of the village's 1,953 hectares, 1,621 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,338 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (283 hectares). About 170 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 784 cultivators and 338 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Gehri Devi nagar is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bathinda, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Bathinda, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Katar Singhwala, Mehta, Kot Shamir and Gehri Buttar.

What is the population of Gehri Devi nagar?

The population of Gehri Devi nagar was 6,103 at the 2011 census, living in 1,202 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Gehri Devi nagar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Gehri Devi nagar 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.