Sirsariਸਿਰਸਰੀ

Where is Sirsari?

Sirsari is a village of Kot Kapura tehsil in Faridkot district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Kot Kapura, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kot Kapura community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035574, and it covers 552 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,767 people in Sirsari: 941 men and 826 women, living in 336 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 552 hectares, the population density works out to about 320 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 878 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 199, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 859 people, about 49 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.75 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.16 per cent and women at 60.59 per cent. The census recorded 616 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 511 main workers, the largest group, 274, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 123 other workers in trade, transport and services and 104 agricultural labourers. A further 105 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sirsari's land. Of the village's 552 hectares, 507 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (419 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (88 hectares). About 44 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 277 cultivators and 191 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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

Sirsari is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Kot Kapura, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Kot Kapura, the tehsil headquarters, and Faridkot town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bagiana, Nangal, Kot Sukhia and Chambeli.

What is the population of Sirsari?

The population of Sirsari was 1,767 at the 2011 census, living in 336 households in Kot Kapura tehsil of Faridkot district.

What facilities does Sirsari have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Sirsari has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.