Patti Karam Chand Mehrajਪੱਟੀ ਕਰਮ ਚੰਦ ਮੇਹਰਜ

Where is Patti Karam Chand Mehraj?

Patti Karam Chand Mehraj is a village of Rampura Phul tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Phul community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035697, and it covers 2,163 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 6,598 people in Patti Karam Chand Mehraj: 3,545 men and 3,053 women, living in 1,297 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 2,163 hectares, the population density works out to about 305 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 861 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 671, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,530 people, about 38 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.47 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.28 per cent and women at 57.92 per cent. The census recorded 2,323 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 1,753 main workers, the largest group, 839, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 446 agricultural labourers and 440 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 570 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Patti Karam Chand Mehraj's land. Of the village's 2,163 hectares, 1,744 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,378 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (366 hectares). About 419 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 863 cultivators and 862 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, 2 government middle schools 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. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch, a cooperative bank branch and an ATM. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Patti Karam Chand Mehraj is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 4 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 Kotra Korianwala, Rampura Rural, Pitho and Kararwala.

What is the population of Patti Karam Chand Mehraj?

The population of Patti Karam Chand Mehraj was 6,598 at the 2011 census, living in 1,297 households in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Patti Karam Chand Mehraj have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Patti Karam Chand Mehraj has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office.