Rajgarh Chhannaਰਜਗੜ੍ਹ ਛੱਨਾ

Where is Rajgarh Chhanna?

Rajgarh Chhanna is a village of Amloh tehsil in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Amloh, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Amloh community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032817, and it covers 131 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 643 people in Rajgarh Chhanna: 342 men and 301 women, living in 118 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 131 hectares, the population density works out to about 491 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 880 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 55, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 102 people, about 16 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.06 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.91 per cent and women at 74.91 per cent. The census recorded 214 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 204 main workers, the largest group, 106, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 96 other workers in trade, transport and services and 2 agricultural labourers. A further 10 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rajgarh Chhanna's land. Of the village's 131 hectares, 122 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (122 hectares). About 9 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 106 cultivators and 2 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 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. 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

Rajgarh Chhanna is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Amloh, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Amloh, the tehsil headquarters, and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dargheri, Himmatgarh Chhanna, Sherpur and Tibbi.

What is the population of Rajgarh Chhanna?

The population of Rajgarh Chhanna was 643 at the 2011 census, living in 118 households in Amloh tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Rajgarh Chhanna have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Rajgarh Chhanna has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.