Sodhi Nagar Urf Sultan Khanwalaਸੋਧੀ ਨਗਰ ਉਰਫ ਸੁਲਤਾਨ ਖਾਨਵਾਲਾ

Where is Sodhi Nagar Urf Sultan Khanwala?

Sodhi Nagar Urf Sultan Khanwala 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 20 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ghall Khurd community development block and is served by the Sodi Nagar gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034497, and it covers 1,413 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,267 people in Sodhi Nagar Urf Sultan Khanwala: 1,710 men and 1,557 women, living in 641 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 1,413 hectares, the population density works out to about 231 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 911 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 466, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,610 people, about 49 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.34 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 60.63 per cent and women at 51.68 per cent. The census recorded 1,171 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 782 main workers, the largest group, 277, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 261 other workers in trade, transport and services and 232 cultivators on their own land. A further 389 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sodhi Nagar Urf Sultan Khanwala's land. Of the village's 1,413 hectares, 1,310 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (430 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (880 hectares). About 102 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 240 cultivators and 604 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, 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 and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Sodhi Nagar Urf Sultan Khanwala 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 20 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 Ugoke, Kadabora, Dhindsa and Ratta Khera baja Kotwal.

What is the population of Sodhi Nagar Urf Sultan Khanwala?

The population of Sodhi Nagar Urf Sultan Khanwala was 3,267 at the 2011 census, living in 641 households in Firozpur tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Sodhi Nagar Urf Sultan Khanwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Sodhi Nagar Urf Sultan Khanwala has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.