Sawaya Rai Hitharਸਵਯਾ ਰਾਏ ਹਿਠਾੜ

Where is Sawaya Rai Hithar?

Sawaya Rai Hithar is a village of Guru Harsahai tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Guru Har Sahai community development block and is served by the Sawaya Rai Hittar gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034842, and it covers 62 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 83 people in Sawaya Rai Hithar: 37 men and 46 women, living in 20 households, an average of about 4.2 people per household. Spread over its 62 hectares, the population density works out to about 134 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1243 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 18, about 22 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 83 people, about 100 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.92 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.07 per cent and women at 44.74 per cent. The census recorded 46 workers, about 55 per cent of the village. Of the 23 main workers, the largest group, 20, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 3 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 23 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sawaya Rai Hithar's land. Of the village's 62 hectares, 59 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (59 hectares). About 3 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 21 cultivators and 7 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Sawaya Rai Hithar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Guru Harsahai, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sawaya Rai Uttar, Bilimar, Nure Ke and Khereke Hithar.

What is the population of Sawaya Rai Hithar?

The population of Sawaya Rai Hithar was 83 at the 2011 census, living in 20 households in Guru Harsahai tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Sawaya Rai Hithar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Sawaya Rai Hithar has . It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.