Chuhar Singhwalaਚੁਹਰ ਸਿੰਘਵਾਲਾ

Where is Chuhar Singhwala?

Chuhar Singhwala is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Moga, about 11 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dharamkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034042, and it covers 239 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 617 people in Chuhar Singhwala: 343 men and 274 women, living in 129 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 239 hectares, the population density works out to about 258 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 799 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 76, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 270 people, about 44 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.06 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.85 per cent and women at 63.16 per cent. The census recorded 504 workers, about 82 per cent of the village. Of the 245 main workers, the largest group, 90, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 81 other workers in trade, transport and services and 39 agricultural labourers. A further 259 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chuhar Singhwala's land. Of the village's 239 hectares, 216 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (6 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (210 hectares). About 23 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 97 cultivators and 87 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.

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, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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

Chuhar Singhwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Moga, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Mubarakpur, Janer, Lohara (Moga) and Khosa Randhir.

What is the population of Chuhar Singhwala?

The population of Chuhar Singhwala was 617 at the 2011 census, living in 129 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Chuhar Singhwala have?

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