Cheemaਚੀਮਾ

Where is Cheema?

Cheema is a village of Batala tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sri Hargobindpur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028537, and it covers 640 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,371 people in Cheema: 1,777 men and 1,594 women, living in 597 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 640 hectares, the population density works out to about 527 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 897 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 339, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 808 people, about 24 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.92 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.97 per cent and women at 68.54 per cent. The census recorded 1,033 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 981 main workers, the largest group, 570, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 201 agricultural labourers and 189 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 52 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Cheema's land. Of the village's 640 hectares, 552 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (516 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (36 hectares). About 88 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 573 cultivators and 234 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Cheema is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Warsal Chak, Dhirowal, Metla and Braham.

What is the population of Cheema?

The population of Cheema was 3,371 at the 2011 census, living in 597 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Cheema have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Cheema 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.