Chinna Veeranਚਿੱਨਾ ਵੀਰਨ

Where is Chinna Veeran?

Chinna Veeran is a village of Batala tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Qadian, about 12 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 028561, and it covers 77 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 297 people in Chinna Veeran: 155 men and 142 women, living in 58 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 77 hectares, the population density works out to about 386 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 916 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 36, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 34 people, about 11 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.8 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.54 per cent and women at 74.05 per cent. The census recorded 87 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 80 main workers, the largest group, 50, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 17 household industry workers and 9 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chinna Veeran's land. Of the village's 77 hectares, 66 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (16 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (41 hectares). About 11 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 54 cultivators and 7 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Chinna Veeran is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Qadian, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Khojala, Sakhowal, Manesh and Chak Bhagtupur.

What is the population of Chinna Veeran?

The population of Chinna Veeran was 297 at the 2011 census, living in 58 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Chinna Veeran have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chinna Veeran has a government primary school. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.