Kotha Alias Lukmanpuraਕੋਥਾ ਅਲਿਆਸ ਲੁਕਮਨਪੁਰਾ

Where is Kotha Alias Lukmanpura?

Kotha Alias Lukmanpura is a village in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Fazilka, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Fazilka community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035094, and it covers 340 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,828 people in Kotha Alias Lukmanpura: 944 men and 884 women, living in 334 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 340 hectares, the population density works out to about 538 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 936 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 266, about 15 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,441 people, about 79 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.06 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.64 per cent and women at 54.12 per cent. The census recorded 556 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 542 main workers, the largest group, 233, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 226 other workers in trade, transport and services and 83 cultivators on their own land. A further 14 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kotha Alias Lukmanpura's land. Of the village's 340 hectares, 309 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (309 hectares). About 30 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 85 cultivators and 242 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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. 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

Kotha Alias Lukmanpura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Fazilka, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Fazilka, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Awa Urf Waryampura, Alam Shah, Sultanpura and Muhammad Islam.

What is the population of Kotha Alias Lukmanpura?

The population of Kotha Alias Lukmanpura was 1,828 at the 2011 census, living in 334 households in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Kotha Alias Lukmanpura have?

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