Chouraਚੋਉਰਾ

Where is Choura?

Choura is a village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Baba Nanak community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028919, and it covers 222 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 538 people in Choura: 296 men and 242 women, living in 90 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 222 hectares, the population density works out to about 242 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 818 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 57, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 32 people, about 6 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 77.96 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.91 per cent and women at 76.89 per cent. The census recorded 81 workers, about 15 per cent of the village. Of the 73 main workers, the largest group, 65, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 5 agricultural labourers and 2 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 8 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Choura's land. Of the village's 222 hectares, 206 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (206 hectares). About 15 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 69 cultivators and 5 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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 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 human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Choura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Dera Baba Nanak, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Behlolpur, Tapala, Ghuman and Talwandi Goraya.

What is the population of Choura?

The population of Choura was 538 at the 2011 census, living in 90 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Choura have?

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