Ghuman Khurdਘੁੰਮਣ ਖੁਰਦ

Where is Ghuman Khurd?

Ghuman Khurd is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhariwal community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028080, and it covers 382 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,703 people in Ghuman Khurd: 1,450 men and 1,253 women, living in 498 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 382 hectares, the population density works out to about 708 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 864 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 300, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 495 people, about 18 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.78 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.46 per cent and women at 70.55 per cent. The census recorded 776 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 726 main workers, the largest group, 316, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 255 cultivators on their own land and 134 agricultural labourers. A further 50 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ghuman Khurd's land. Of the village's 382 hectares, 337 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (169 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (168 hectares). About 41 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 266 cultivators and 137 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 one government primary school, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ghuman Khurd is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Batala, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Gurdaspur, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kotla Khurd, Ghuman Kalan and Chak Bhangwan.

What is the population of Ghuman Khurd?

The population of Ghuman Khurd was 2,703 at the 2011 census, living in 498 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Ghuman Khurd have?

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