Ghubhayaਘੁਭਯਾ

Where is Ghubhaya?

Ghubhaya is a village in Jalalabad tehsil of Fazilka district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Jalalabad, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalalabad community development block and is served by the GHUBHAYA, Chak Ghubaya gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034991, and it covers 714 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,187 people in Ghubhaya: 2,182 men and 2,005 women, living in 813 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 714 hectares, the population density works out to about 586 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 919 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 601, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,871 people, about 69 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.51 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.59 per cent and women at 58.84 per cent. The census recorded 1,341 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 1,279 main workers, the largest group, 717, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 367 cultivators on their own land and 192 agricultural labourers. A further 62 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ghubhaya's land. Of the village's 714 hectares, 627 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (627 hectares). About 86 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 384 cultivators and 210 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre and a veterinary hospital. The village had its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a cooperative bank branch and an ATM. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Ghubhaya is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Jalalabad, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Jalalabad, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chak Khewa, Maujewala, Chak Tahliwala and Chak Mohamdewala.

What is the population of Ghubhaya?

The population of Ghubhaya was 4,187 at the 2011 census, living in 813 households in Jalalabad tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Ghubhaya have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Ghubhaya has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office.