Kot Karam Chandਕੋਟ ਕਰਮ ਚੰਦ

Where is Kot Karam Chand?

Kot Karam Chand is a village of Batala tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Batala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028758, and it covers 136 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 619 people in Kot Karam Chand: 331 men and 288 women, living in 124 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 136 hectares, the population density works out to about 455 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 870 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 55, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 82 people, about 13 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.38 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.38 per cent and women at 76.81 per cent. The census recorded 196 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 127 main workers, the largest group, 72, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 53 cultivators on their own land and 1 agricultural labourers. A further 69 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kot Karam Chand's land. Of the village's 136 hectares, 110 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (33 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (42 hectares). About 26 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 56 cultivators and 38 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Kot Karam Chand is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Batala, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jaura Singha, Nawan Pind Milkhi-wala, Winjwan and Bhagowal.

What is the population of Kot Karam Chand?

The population of Kot Karam Chand was 619 at the 2011 census, living in 124 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Kot Karam Chand have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kot Karam Chand has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.