Ghuriananਘੁਰਿਆਨਨ

Where is Ghurianan?

Ghurianan is a village in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Abohar, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Abohar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035070, and it covers 1,233 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,885 people in Ghurianan: 1,517 men and 1,368 women, living in 552 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,233 hectares, the population density works out to about 234 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 902 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 310, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,700 people, about 59 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 53.59 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 57.08 per cent and women at 49.76 per cent. The census recorded 1,199 workers, about 42 per cent of the village. Of the 1,028 main workers, the largest group, 666, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 262 cultivators on their own land and 90 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 171 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ghurianan's land. Of the village's 1,233 hectares, 1,156 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,156 hectares). About 71 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 264 cultivators and 834 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ghurianan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Abohar, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Fazilka, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhippanwali, Muradwala Dalsingh, Dhabwala Kalan and Burj Hanumangarh.

What is the population of Ghurianan?

The population of Ghurianan was 2,885 at the 2011 census, living in 552 households in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Ghurianan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Ghurianan has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.