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Where is Kale Ke Hithar?

Kale Ke Hithar is a village in Firozpur tehsil of Ferozepur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Mallanwala Khass, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Firozpur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034545, and it covers 332 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 566 people in Kale Ke Hithar: 313 men and 253 women, living in 97 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 332 hectares, the population density works out to about 170 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 808 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 70, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 63 people, about 11 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 50 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 59.27 per cent and women at 38.46 per cent. The census recorded 171 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 164 main workers, the largest group, 106, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 25 agricultural labourers and 18 household industry workers. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kale Ke Hithar's land. Of the village's 332 hectares, 306 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (306 hectares). About 26 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 109 cultivators and 29 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.

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

Kale Ke Hithar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Mallanwala Khass, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Firozpur, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Qutabdinwala, Bandala, Dula Singhwala and Tali Gulam.

What is the population of Kale Ke Hithar?

The population of Kale Ke Hithar was 566 at the 2011 census, living in 97 households in Firozpur tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Kale Ke Hithar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kale Ke Hithar has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.