Killi Nihal Singhwaliਕਿੱਲੀ ਨਿਹਲ ਸਿੰਘਵਾਲੀ

Where is Killi Nihal Singhwali?

Killi Nihal Singhwali is a village of Bathinda tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Goniana, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bathinda community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035768, and it covers 575 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,054 people in Killi Nihal Singhwali: 1,601 men and 1,453 women, living in 562 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 575 hectares, the population density works out to about 531 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 908 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 359, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,529 people, about 50 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.27 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.92 per cent and women at 57.12 per cent. The census recorded 1,387 workers, about 45 per cent of the village. Of the 1,085 main workers, the largest group, 499, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 353 cultivators on their own land and 214 agricultural labourers. A further 302 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Killi Nihal Singhwali's land. Of the village's 575 hectares, 460 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (452 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (8 hectares). About 66 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 359 cultivators and 289 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, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Killi Nihal Singhwali is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Goniana, about 8 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 Mehma Bhagwana, Burj Mehma, Mehma Sarkari and Deon.

What is the population of Killi Nihal Singhwali?

The population of Killi Nihal Singhwali was 3,054 at the 2011 census, living in 562 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Killi Nihal Singhwali have?

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