Wara Kaliranaਵਾੜਾ ਕਲਿਰਨਾ

Where is Wara Kalirana?

Wara Kalirana is a village of Zira tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Makhu, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Makhu community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034234, and it covers 263 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 895 people in Wara Kalirana: 450 men and 445 women, living in 146 households, an average of about 6.1 people per household. Spread over its 263 hectares, the population density works out to about 341 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 989 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 143, about 16 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 773 people, about 86 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 53.86 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 61.02 per cent and women at 46.84 per cent. The census recorded 349 workers, about 39 per cent of the village. Of the 255 main workers, the largest group, 133, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 81 agricultural labourers and 41 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 94 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Wara Kalirana's land. Of the village's 263 hectares, 140 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (140 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 180 cultivators and 119 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was five to ten kilometres away. 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

Wara Kalirana is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Makhu, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Zira, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Wara Suleman, Mahlewala, Chak Khanna and Silewind.

What is the population of Wara Kalirana?

The population of Wara Kalirana was 895 at the 2011 census, living in 146 households in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Wara Kalirana have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Wara Kalirana has an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.