Chhanga Rai Hitharਛਂਗਾ ਰਾਏ ਹਿਠਾੜ

Where is Chhanga Rai Hithar?

Chhanga Rai Hithar is a village in Guru Harsahai tehsil of Ferozepur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Guru Har Sahai community development block and is served by the Chhanga Rai Hittar gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034804, and it covers 53 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 616 people in Chhanga Rai Hithar: 317 men and 299 women, living in 94 households, an average of about 6.6 people per household. Spread over its 53 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,162 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 943 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 84, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 436 people, about 71 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.17 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.62 per cent and women at 58.98 per cent. The census recorded 343 workers, about 56 per cent of the village. Of the 198 main workers, the largest group, 135, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 34 other workers in trade, transport and services and 23 agricultural labourers. A further 145 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chhanga Rai Hithar's land. Of the village's 53 hectares, 50 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (50 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 194 cultivators and 102 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Chhanga 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 12 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 Chak Megha Rai, Dona Bahadarke and Megha Rai.

What is the population of Chhanga Rai Hithar?

The population of Chhanga Rai Hithar was 616 at the 2011 census, living in 94 households in Guru Harsahai tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Chhanga Rai Hithar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chhanga Rai Hithar has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.