Kotra Korianwalaਕੋਟਰਾ ਕੋਰਿਆਂਵਾਲਾ

Where is Kotra Korianwala?

Kotra Korianwala is a village in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rampura community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035696, and it covers 1,084 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,239 people in Kotra Korianwala: 2,226 men and 2,013 women, living in 859 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 1,084 hectares, the population density works out to about 391 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 904 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 410, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,685 people, about 40 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.16 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.06 per cent and women at 56.7 per cent. The census recorded 2,060 workers, about 49 per cent of the village. Of the 1,463 main workers, the largest group, 804, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 424 agricultural labourers and 219 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 597 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kotra Korianwala's land. Of the village's 1,084 hectares, 996 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (676 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (320 hectares). About 88 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. The census recorded 823 cultivators and 886 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 secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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 14 hours a day.

Getting there

Kotra Korianwala is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Patti Karam Chand Mehraj, Rampura Rural, Pitho and Kararwala.

What is the population of Kotra Korianwala?

The population of Kotra Korianwala was 4,239 at the 2011 census, living in 859 households in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Kotra Korianwala have?

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