Kalu Arain Hitharਕਲੁ ਅਰੈਨ ਹਿਠਾੜ

Where is Kalu Arain Hithar?

Kalu Arain Hithar is a village in Firozpur tehsil of Ferozepur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Firozpur, about 21 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mamdot community development block and is served by the Kalu Arian Hittar gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034700, and it covers 54 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,717 people in Kalu Arain Hithar: 900 men and 817 women, living in 274 households, an average of about 6.3 people per household. Spread over its 54 hectares, the population density works out to about 3,166 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 908 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 225, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,482 people, about 86 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.19 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 69.55 per cent and women at 50.07 per cent. The census recorded 722 workers, about 42 per cent of the village. Of the 707 main workers, the largest group, 486, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 177 cultivators on their own land and 42 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 15 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kalu Arain Hithar's land. Of the village's 54 hectares, 51 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (51 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. The census recorded 183 cultivators and 494 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 and an ASHA health worker.

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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kalu Arain Hithar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Firozpur, about 21 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Fatehwala Hithar, Pojoke Hithar, Inayat Ke and Gatti Chak Jadid.

What is the population of Kalu Arain Hithar?

The population of Kalu Arain Hithar was 1,717 at the 2011 census, living in 274 households in Firozpur tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Kalu Arain Hithar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kalu Arain 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.