Kot Karor Kalanਕੋਟ ਕਰੋਰ ਕਲਾਂ

Where is Kot Karor Kalan?

Kot Karor Kalan is a village of Firozpur tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Talwandi Bhai, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ghall Khurd community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034445, and it covers 1,158 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,980 people in Kot Karor Kalan: 2,102 men and 1,878 women, living in 693 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 1,158 hectares, the population density works out to about 344 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 893 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 467, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 817 people, about 21 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.52 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.12 per cent and women at 70.4 per cent. The census recorded 1,291 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 1,271 main workers, the largest group, 609, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 349 other workers in trade, transport and services and 269 agricultural labourers. A further 20 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kot Karor Kalan's land. Of the village's 1,158 hectares, 1,062 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (41 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (1,021 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 614 cultivators and 272 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, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kot Karor Kalan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Talwandi Bhai, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Firozpur, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kot Karor Khurd, Phide, Kotla and Gill.

What is the population of Kot Karor Kalan?

The population of Kot Karor Kalan was 3,980 at the 2011 census, living in 693 households in Firozpur tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Kot Karor Kalan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kot Karor Kalan has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.