Ghaso Khanaਘਸੋ ਖਾਨਾ

Where is Ghaso Khana?

Ghaso Khana is a village of Maur tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Maur, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Maur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035869, and it covers 313 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 722 people in Ghaso Khana: 380 men and 342 women, living in 125 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 313 hectares, the population density works out to about 231 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 900 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 95, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 206 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.15 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.03 per cent and women at 54.03 per cent. The census recorded 225 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 208 main workers, the largest group, 109, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 50 agricultural labourers and 47 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 17 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ghaso Khana's land. Of the village's 313 hectares, 285 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (281 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (4 hectares). About 28 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 109 cultivators and 61 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ghaso Khana is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Maur, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Maur, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhai Bakhtour, Manak Khana, Ramgarh Bhundar and Rai Khana.

What is the population of Ghaso Khana?

The population of Ghaso Khana was 722 at the 2011 census, living in 125 households in Maur tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Ghaso Khana have?

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