Seeraਸੀਰਾ

Where is Seera?

Seera 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 15 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 028850, and it covers 281 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,726 people in Seera: 913 men and 813 women, living in 322 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 281 hectares, the population density works out to about 614 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 890 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 213, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 706 people, about 41 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 77.07 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.28 per cent and women at 69.2 per cent. The census recorded 508 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 242 main workers, the largest group, 122, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 43 agricultural labourers and 42 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 266 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Seera's land. Of the village's 281 hectares, 259 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (122 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (137 hectares). About 22 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 212 cultivators and 171 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 dispensary. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Seera is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 15 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 Dala Chak, Chatha and Chandu Suja.

What is the population of Seera?

The population of Seera was 1,726 at the 2011 census, living in 322 households in Fatehgarh Churian tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Seera have?

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