Ramnagar Urf Kasaiwaraਰਾਮਨਗਰ ਉਰਫ ਕਸੈਵਰਾ

Where is Ramnagar Urf Kasaiwara?

Ramnagar Urf Kasaiwara is a village of Talwandi Sabo tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Maur, about 2 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 035877, and it covers 1,767 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,266 people in Ramnagar Urf Kasaiwara: 2,233 men and 2,033 women, living in 811 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 1,767 hectares, the population density works out to about 241 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 910 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 406, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,016 people, about 47 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 54.35 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 58.75 per cent and women at 49.51 per cent. The census recorded 1,731 workers, about 41 per cent of the village. Of the 1,399 main workers, the largest group, 753, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 405 agricultural labourers and 202 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 332 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ramnagar Urf Kasaiwara's land. Of the village's 1,767 hectares, 1,635 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 1,115 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,065 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (50 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 784 cultivators and 487 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ramnagar Urf Kasaiwara is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Maur, about 2 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, Ghuman Khurd, Kishangarh Urf Chinarthal and Chathewala.

What is the population of Ramnagar Urf Kasaiwara?

The population of Ramnagar Urf Kasaiwara was 4,266 at the 2011 census, living in 811 households in Talwandi Sabo tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Ramnagar Urf Kasaiwara have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Ramnagar Urf Kasaiwara 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.