Chak Kanian Kalanਚੱਕ ਕਨਿਆਂ ਕਲਾਂ

Where is Chak Kanian Kalan?

Chak Kanian Kalan is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dharamkot community development block and is served by the Chak Kanian gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034124, and it covers 294 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 957 people in Chak Kanian Kalan: 503 men and 454 women, living in 171 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 294 hectares, the population density works out to about 326 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 903 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 90, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 558 people, about 58 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.59 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.97 per cent and women at 63.5 per cent. The census recorded 314 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 291 main workers, the largest group, 162, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 110 agricultural labourers and 16 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 23 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Kanian Kalan's land. Of the village's 294 hectares, 273 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (273 hectares). About 21 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 171 cultivators and 118 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 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chak Kanian Kalan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dharamkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chak Jindra, Jindra and Chak Fatehpur.

What is the population of Chak Kanian Kalan?

The population of Chak Kanian Kalan was 957 at the 2011 census, living in 171 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Chak Kanian Kalan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chak Kanian Kalan 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.