Kangarਕਾਂਗੜ

Where is Kangar?

Kangar is a village of Rampura Phul tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhagta Bhai Ka, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bhagta Bhaika community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035651, and it covers 686 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,079 people in Kangar: 1,080 men and 999 women, living in 378 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 686 hectares, the population density works out to about 303 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 925 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 210, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,007 people, about 48 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.77 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.2 per cent and women at 63.06 per cent. The census recorded 764 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 626 main workers, the largest group, 227, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 207 other workers in trade, transport and services and 187 cultivators on their own land. A further 138 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kangar's land. Of the village's 686 hectares, 609 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (295 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (314 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 194 cultivators and 245 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kangar is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhagta Bhai Ka, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Rampura Phul, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gaunspura, Salabatpura, Dyalpura Bhaika and Adampura.

What is the population of Kangar?

The population of Kangar was 2,079 at the 2011 census, living in 378 households in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Kangar have?

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