Chak Chibranwaliਚੱਕ ਚਿਬਰਨਵਾਲੀ

Where is Chak Chibranwali?

Chak Chibranwali is a village in Muktsar tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 17 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Muktsar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035380, and it covers 1,694 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,516 people in Chak Chibranwali: 1,865 men and 1,651 women, living in 745 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 1,694 hectares, the population density works out to about 208 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 885 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 451, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,475 people, about 70 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.38 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.64 per cent and women at 50.27 per cent. The census recorded 1,595 workers, about 45 per cent of the village. Of the 1,222 main workers, the largest group, 753, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 308 other workers in trade, transport and services and 161 cultivators on their own land. A further 373 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Chibranwali's land. Of the village's 1,694 hectares, 1,575 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,575 hectares). About 108 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 172 cultivators and 1,079 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, 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 its own 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Chak Chibranwali is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 17 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Muktsar, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chibranwali, Gander, Bhagsar and Nandgarh.

What is the population of Chak Chibranwali?

The population of Chak Chibranwali was 3,516 at the 2011 census, living in 745 households in Muktsar tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Chak Chibranwali have?

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