Rali Ali Kalanਰਲੀ ਅਲੀ ਕਲਾਂ

Where is Rali Ali Kalan?

Rali Ali Kalan is a village of Fatehgarh Churian tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 13 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 028797, and it covers 283 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,149 people in Rali Ali Kalan: 596 men and 553 women, living in 246 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 283 hectares, the population density works out to about 406 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 928 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 87, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 280 people, about 24 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.8 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.58 per cent and women at 70.65 per cent. The census recorded 345 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 339 main workers, the largest group, 140, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 137 other workers in trade, transport and services and 43 agricultural labourers. A further 6 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rali Ali Kalan's land. Of the village's 283 hectares, 234 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (224 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (10 hectares). About 48 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 141 cultivators and 47 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, 2 government middle schools, 3 government secondary schools 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. The village had a sub 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

Rali Ali Kalan is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Batala, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Fatehgarh Churian, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Raliali Khurd, Bharathwal and Sundal.

What is the population of Rali Ali Kalan?

The population of Rali Ali Kalan was 1,149 at the 2011 census, living in 246 households in Fatehgarh Churian tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Rali Ali Kalan have?

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