Kishangarh Urf Chinarthalਕਿਸ਼ਨਗੜ੍ਹ ਉਰਫ ਚਿਨਰਥਲ

Where is Kishangarh Urf Chinarthal?

Kishangarh Urf Chinarthal is a village of Talwandi Sabo tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Maur, about 10 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 035872, and it covers 872 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,581 people in Kishangarh Urf Chinarthal: 1,341 men and 1,240 women, living in 498 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 872 hectares, the population density works out to about 296 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 925 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 309, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,005 people, about 39 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 55.28 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.97 per cent and women at 46.81 per cent. The census recorded 898 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 860 main workers, the largest group, 407, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 347 agricultural labourers and 104 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 38 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kishangarh Urf Chinarthal's land. Of the village's 872 hectares, 811 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (697 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (114 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 5 hours a day. With 410 cultivators and 375 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.

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 a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 11 hours a day.

Getting there

Kishangarh Urf Chinarthal is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Maur, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Talwandi Sabo, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jatri, Ramnagar Urf Kasaiwara, Chathewala and Jeon Singhwala.

What is the population of Kishangarh Urf Chinarthal?

The population of Kishangarh Urf Chinarthal was 2,581 at the 2011 census, living in 498 households in Talwandi Sabo tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Kishangarh Urf Chinarthal have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kishangarh Urf Chinarthal has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre.