Kanakwal Urf Rattangarhਕਨਕਵਲ ਉਰਫ ਰੱਟਨਗੜ੍ਹ

Where is Kanakwal Urf Rattangarh?

Kanakwal Urf Rattangarh is a village in Talwandi Sabo tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Raman, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Talwandi Sabo community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035851, and it covers 1,189 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,841 people in Kanakwal Urf Rattangarh: 1,977 men and 864 women, living in 668 households, an average of about 4.3 people per household. Spread over its 1,189 hectares, the population density works out to about 239 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 437 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 205, about 7 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 694 people, about 24 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.06 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.32 per cent and women at 55.22 per cent. The census recorded 1,604 workers, about 56 per cent of the village. Of the 1,595 main workers, the largest group, 1,056, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 326 agricultural labourers and 210 cultivators on their own land. A further 9 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kanakwal Urf Rattangarh's land. Of the village's 1,189 hectares, 1,116 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,116 hectares). About 72 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 212 cultivators and 328 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Kanakwal Urf Rattangarh is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Raman, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Talwandi Sabo, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ramsara, Phulo Khari, Tarkhanwala and Giana.

What is the population of Kanakwal Urf Rattangarh?

The population of Kanakwal Urf Rattangarh was 2,841 at the 2011 census, living in 668 households in Talwandi Sabo tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Kanakwal Urf Rattangarh have?

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