Shergarhਸ਼ੇਰਗੜ੍ਹ

Where is Shergarh?

Shergarh is a village in Talwandi Sabo tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Raman, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sangat community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035840, and it covers 895 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,876 people in Shergarh: 983 men and 893 women, living in 367 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 895 hectares, the population density works out to about 210 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 908 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 230, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 840 people, about 45 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 61 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.65 per cent and women at 52.72 per cent. The census recorded 836 workers, about 45 per cent of the village. Of the 672 main workers, the largest group, 260, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 240 other workers in trade, transport and services and 158 agricultural labourers. A further 164 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shergarh's land. Of the village's 895 hectares, 439 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (399 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (40 hectares). About 116 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 288 cultivators and 263 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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 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 health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Shergarh is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Raman, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Talwandi Sabo, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhagwangarh Urf Bhukhianwali, Nasibpura (56) Kaile bandar, Dunewala and Kot Bakhtu.

What is the population of Shergarh?

The population of Shergarh was 1,876 at the 2011 census, living in 367 households in Talwandi Sabo tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Shergarh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Shergarh has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.