Kishanpura Urf Kuttiਕਿਸ਼ਨਪੁਰਾ ਉਰਫ ਕੁੱਟੀ

Where is Kishanpura Urf Kutti?

Kishanpura Urf Kutti is a village of Bathinda tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sangat, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sangat community development block and is served by the Kishanpura gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035829, and it covers 740 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,514 people in Kishanpura Urf Kutti: 783 men and 731 women, living in 295 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 740 hectares, the population density works out to about 205 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 934 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 123, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 385 people, about 25 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 61.39 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.81 per cent and women at 55.69 per cent. The census recorded 802 workers, about 53 per cent of the village. Of the 358 main workers, the largest group, 179, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 115 other workers in trade, transport and services and 50 agricultural labourers. A further 444 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kishanpura Urf Kutti's land. Of the village's 740 hectares, 650 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (550 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (100 hectares). About 90 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 205 cultivators and 273 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, 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 health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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

Kishanpura Urf Kutti is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sangat, about 4 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 Jassi Bagwali, Chak Ruldu Singhwala, Muhalan and Dhunike.

What is the population of Kishanpura Urf Kutti?

The population of Kishanpura Urf Kutti was 1,514 at the 2011 census, living in 295 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Kishanpura Urf Kutti have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kishanpura Urf Kutti has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.