Khudnaਖੁਡਨਾ

Where is Khudna?

Khudna is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhariwal, about 4 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 028311, and it covers 269 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,744 people in Khudna: 1,432 men and 1,312 women, living in 536 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 269 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,020 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 916 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 305, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,068 people, about 39 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.46 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.43 per cent and women at 72.97 per cent. The census recorded 886 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 690 main workers, the largest group, 535, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 57 agricultural labourers and 51 cultivators on their own land. A further 196 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khudna's land. Of the village's 269 hectares, 230 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (100 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (130 hectares). About 35 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 64 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 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. 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

Khudna is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dhariwal, about 4 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 Mali Samrai, Shahpur, Sujanpur and Zafarwal.

What is the population of Khudna?

The population of Khudna was 2,744 at the 2011 census, living in 536 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Khudna have?

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