Gudar Panjgrainਗੁਡਰ ਪੰਜਗਰਾਈਂ

Where is Gudar Panjgrain?

Gudar Panjgrain 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 has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034825, and it covers 129 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 517 people in Gudar Panjgrain: 266 men and 251 women, living in 95 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 129 hectares, the population density works out to about 400 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 944 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 66, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 510 people, about 99 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.97 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.27 per cent and women at 52.56 per cent. The census recorded 302 workers, about 58 per cent of the village. Of the 136 main workers, the largest group, 76, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 41 other workers in trade, transport and services and 19 agricultural labourers. A further 166 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gudar Panjgrain's land. Of the village's 129 hectares, 119 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (119 hectares). About 10 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 207 cultivators and 51 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Gudar Panjgrain 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 five to 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 Dona Bhadru, Dona Gudar Panjgrain, Illahi Bakhash Bodla and Rana Panjgrain.

What is the population of Gudar Panjgrain?

The population of Gudar Panjgrain was 517 at the 2011 census, living in 95 households in Guru Harsahai tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Gudar Panjgrain have?

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