Qila Desa Singhਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਦੇਸਾ ਸਿੰਘ

Where is Qila Desa Singh?

Qila Desa Singh is a village of Fatehgarh Churian tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Fatehgarh Churian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028815, and it covers 209 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,585 people in Qila Desa Singh: 832 men and 753 women, living in 282 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 209 hectares, the population density works out to about 758 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 905 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 201, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 231 people, about 15 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.18 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.47 per cent and women at 60.31 per cent. The census recorded 469 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 257 main workers, the largest group, 130, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 95 other workers in trade, transport and services and 22 agricultural labourers. A further 212 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Qila Desa Singh's land. Of the village's 209 hectares, 182 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (149 hectares). About 27 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 134 cultivators and 23 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had 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

Qila Desa Singh is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Fatehgarh Churian, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Seikhwan, Khokhar (331), Bhalowali and Lodhi Nangal.

What is the population of Qila Desa Singh?

The population of Qila Desa Singh was 1,585 at the 2011 census, living in 282 households in Fatehgarh Churian tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Qila Desa Singh have?

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