Patti Amra Urf Patti Sadiqਪੱਟੀ ਅਂਰਾ ਉਰਫ ਪੱਟੀ ਸਡਿਕ

Where is Patti Amra Urf Patti Sadiq?

Patti Amra Urf Patti Sadiq is a village in Abohar tehsil of Fazilka district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Abohar, about 15 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 035175, and it covers 1,267 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,924 people in Patti Amra Urf Patti Sadiq: 1,542 men and 1,382 women, living in 529 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 1,267 hectares, the population density works out to about 231 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 896 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 338, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,010 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.59 per cent and women at 53.89 per cent. The census recorded 935 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 909 main workers, the largest group, 439, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 369 agricultural labourers and 94 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 26 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Patti Amra Urf Patti Sadiq's land. Of the village's 1,267 hectares, 1,183 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (1,183 hectares). About 83 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. With 443 cultivators and 386 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, 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. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Patti Amra Urf Patti Sadiq 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 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Abohar, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Waryam Khera, Jhurar Khera, Patti Billa and Rukanpura Urf Khui Khera.

What is the population of Patti Amra Urf Patti Sadiq?

The population of Patti Amra Urf Patti Sadiq was 2,924 at the 2011 census, living in 529 households in Abohar tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Patti Amra Urf Patti Sadiq have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Patti Amra Urf Patti Sadiq has a government primary school, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.