Megha Panjgrain Hitharਮੇਘਾ ਪਂਜਗਰੈਨ ਹਿਥਰ

Where is Megha Panjgrain Hithar?

Megha Panjgrain Hithar 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 13 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Guru Har Sahai community development block and is served by the Megha Panjgrain Hittar gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034821, and it covers 360 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,698 people in Megha Panjgrain Hithar: 854 men and 844 women, living in 275 households, an average of about 6.2 people per household. Spread over its 360 hectares, the population density works out to about 472 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 988 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 241, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,672 people, about 98 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.83 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.86 per cent and women at 52.69 per cent. The census recorded 1,036 workers, about 61 per cent of the village. Of the 350 main workers, the largest group, 296, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 27 other workers in trade, transport and services and 23 agricultural labourers. A further 686 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Megha Panjgrain Hithar's land. Of the village's 360 hectares, 333 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (92 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (241 hectares). About 27 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 767 cultivators and 224 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 2 government primary schools 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Megha Panjgrain 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 13 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 Bula Rai Hithar, Bula Rai Uttar and Illahi Bakhash Bodla.

What is the population of Megha Panjgrain Hithar?

The population of Megha Panjgrain Hithar was 1,698 at the 2011 census, living in 275 households in Guru Harsahai tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Megha Panjgrain Hithar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Megha Panjgrain 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.