Ghumandgarhਘੁਮਂਡਗੜ੍ਹ

Where is Ghumandgarh?

Ghumandgarh is a village in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bassi Pathana, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bassi Pathana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032586, and it covers 232 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,014 people in Ghumandgarh: 539 men and 475 women, living in 209 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 232 hectares, the population density works out to about 437 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 881 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 84, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 304 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.69 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.88 per cent and women at 76.78 per cent. The census recorded 347 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 280 main workers, the largest group, 191, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 52 other workers in trade, transport and services and 30 agricultural labourers. A further 67 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ghumandgarh's land. Of the village's 232 hectares, 143 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (143 hectares). About 89 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 197 cultivators and 68 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. 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 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ghumandgarh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bassi Pathana, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Bassi Pathana, the tehsil headquarters, and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gunia Majri, Mehmudpur, Dedahran and Fatehpur Raian.

What is the population of Ghumandgarh?

The population of Ghumandgarh was 1,014 at the 2011 census, living in 209 households in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Ghumandgarh have?

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