Kera Kheraਕੇਰਾ ਖੇਰਾ

Where is Kera Khera?

Kera Khera is a village of Abohar tehsil in Fazilka district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Abohar, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Abohar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035203, and it covers 1,122 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,082 people in Kera Khera: 2,197 men and 1,885 women, living in 733 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 1,122 hectares, the population density works out to about 364 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 858 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 452, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 434 people, about 11 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.42 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.89 per cent and women at 62.57 per cent. The census recorded 1,280 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 1,254 main workers, the largest group, 606, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 347 other workers in trade, transport and services and 294 agricultural labourers. A further 26 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kera Khera's land. Of the village's 1,122 hectares, 1,028 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,028 hectares). About 85 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 611 cultivators and 312 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 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, 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

Kera Khera is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Abohar, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Abohar, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Baluana, Malukpura, Chanan Khera and Jodhpura.

What is the population of Kera Khera?

The population of Kera Khera was 4,082 at the 2011 census, living in 733 households in Abohar tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Kera Khera have?

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