Rattar Chhattarਰੱਟਰ ਛੱਟਰ

Where is Rattar Chhattar?

Rattar Chhattar is a village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Baba Nanak community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028977, and it covers 300 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 722 people in Rattar Chhattar: 370 men and 352 women, living in 132 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 300 hectares, the population density works out to about 241 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 951 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 103, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 3 people, about 0 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.82 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.79 per cent and women at 65.67 per cent. The census recorded 245 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 218 main workers, the largest group, 182, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 32 agricultural labourers and 3 household industry workers. A further 27 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rattar Chhattar's land. Of the village's 300 hectares, 251 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (251 hectares). About 49 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 185 cultivators and 32 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Rattar Chhattar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Dera Baba Nanak, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dharamkot Randhawa, Megha, Gunia and Shezada.

What is the population of Rattar Chhattar?

The population of Rattar Chhattar was 722 at the 2011 census, living in 132 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Rattar Chhattar have?

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